Geotextile

Geotextiles are versatile permeable fabrics that, when used in conjunction with soil, can effectively perform multiple functions, including separation, filtration, reinforcement, protection, and drainage.

[2] He used different styles of woven monofilament fabrics, all characterized by a relatively high percentage open area (varying from 6 to 30%).

Geotextiles and related products have many applications and currently support many civil engineering applications including roads, airfields, railroads, embankments, retaining structures, reservoirs, canals, dams, bank protection, coastal engineering and construction site silt fences or to form a geotextile tube.

Geotextiles are also used for sand dune armoring to protect upland coastal property from storm surge, wave action and flooding.

Geotextiles have been used to protect the fossil hominid footprints of Laetoli in Tanzania from erosion, rain, and tree roots.

[6] In building demolition, geotextile fabrics in combination with steel wire fencing can contain explosive debris.

[7] Coir (coconut fiber) geotextiles are popular for erosion control, slope stabilization and bioengineering, due to the fabric's substantial mechanical strength.[3]: App.

A selection of non-woven and woven geotextile samples
Geotextile sandbags can be 20 m long, such as those used for the artificial reef at Narrow Neck, Queensland . [ 1 ]
A silt fence on a construction site.
Geotextile sandbags protected the historic house Kliffende on Sylt island against storms, which eroded the cliffs left and right from the sandbag barrier. [ 1 ]