Geotextile can be divided into two categories: woven geotextile and nonwoven geotextile. The raw material can be polyester (PET) or polypropylene (PP). It is usually used for filtration, isolation, reinforcement or preservation, with the characteristics of high tensile strength, good penetrability, freezing durability, aging & corrosion resistance, etc.
The nonwoven geotextile can be spunbond or needle-punched with good permeability. With inter-fiber space, it has very good adhesive power. The soft surface gives it high tearing strength, deformability as well as flat drainage ability. The soft and interspaced surface guarantees good friction coefficient, which enables it to absorb small soil grains. This can prevent the soil from being washed away, meanwhile it realizes water discharging. Moreover, the soft surface gives protection to the facilities below.
Characteristics of Nonwoven Geotextile:
1. Since nonwoven geotextiles are made of polyester or polypropylene fiber, they all have good burying, hydrolyzation & corrosion resistibility, as well as wet mechanical property. Besides, it has the ability to resist high & low temperature, ultraviolet and chemicals (chemical stability);
2. Geotextile is permeable material, so it has inverse filtering & isolation ability;
3. The fluffy texture gives it very good drainage ability;
4. It has good anti-punctuation ability, which gives under-layers good protection;
5. With good friction coefficient & tensile strength, geotextile has good earth work reinforcement ability.
Application of Geotextile:
1. Hydraulic Engineering: Inverse filtering & protection in reservoir dam, earth rock cofferdam, tunnel, gutter way, etc; Protection for impervious layer in artificial lake, river-way, reservoir, etc;
2. Road Works: Drainage work in retaining wall, road side slope, roadbed, under-layer of railway & airfield runway, interlayer for roadbed & pavement in highway & asphalt road (for drainage, isolation & reinforcement);
3. Harbor Engineering: Isolation of soft soil and rock block in cofferdam, dock and sea back;
4. Landfill Site Projects: Isolation & protection of impervious layer and basement, isolation of filter material & waste in land fill site;
5. Landscape Engineering: Isolation between green plant layer & base in landscape planting projects;
6. Other Usage: Drainage & reinforcement for week ground work (increase its bearing capacity); Isolation & impervious layer for power plant, mill tailings, etc.
Please click "more" to check out the technical data sheet for PET needle-punched & spunbond nonwoven geotextile. (Density range: 65g/m2 ~ 800g/m2)
