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Geosynthetics classification
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GEOSYNTHETICS CLASSIFICATION
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"Geosynthetics" is a general term which identifies a broad range of products, such as geotextiles, geomembranes, geogrids, geonets, geocomposites, geomats and many other.
CLASSIFICATION OF GEOSYNTHETICS BASED ON PHYSICAL ASPECTS
GEOTEXTILES woven
non-woven
knitted
GEOMEMBRANES synthetic (HDPE, PP, PVC, EPDM, etc.)
bituminous
bentonitic
GEONETS
GEOMATS
GEOCELLS
GEOCOMPOSITES planar sheets vertical drain
horizontal drain
strips verticla drain
horizontal drain
GEOGRIDS uni-directional
bi-directional
BIOMATS (straw, coconut, cotton, etc.)
BIONETS (jute)
REFERENces
Giroud, J. P., From geotextiles to geosynthetics: a revolution in geotechnical engineering, Proceeding III International Conference on Geotextiles, Vienna, Austria, 1986.
Rimoldi, P., Le applicazioni dei geosintetici nell'ingegneria civile, Proceedings of "Sep-Pollution" Symposium, Padova, Italy, 1988. In Italian.
Cazzuffi, D., Geotessili e prodotti affini: funzioni e tipologie dei prodotti, Quaderni ALPCR, XXI Convegno Nazionale Stradale ALPCR, Trieste, Italy 1990. In Italian.
Rimoldi, P., Cazzuffi, D., Jonescu, A., Moraci, N. Geosynthetics, please - not geoconfusion!, IGS News Vol 9 No. 1, March 1993.
Koerner R., M., Name of the Society and Geosynthetics Terminology, IGS News Vol 9 No. 2, July 1993.
Rimoldi, P., Cazzuffi, D., Jonescu, A., Moraci, N., Continuing to play the Geosynthetics Terminology game, IGS News, Vol. 9 No. 2, July 1993.
Repertorio Geosintetici 2000/2001 - BE-MA Editrice Milano
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