Geotextile filters as environmental equipment in Embankment dams

As it’s clear, the prefix of Geotextile (GEO) means covering with soil and textile means cloth, so it will be translated to the tissue with ability to cover the soil. Geotextiles are used in a variety of applications in earth dam also it has significant uses in environmental cases. Geotextile replace the gravel under the rip rap or reinforced concrete blocks and in some cases Drainage channels, earth dam ,etc. also Geotextiles have been used as a separator between a sand filter and a coarse drain fill in downstream toe drains. The purpose of this paper is to show the role of Geotextile filters as environmental equipment in Embankment dams. There have also been successful drainage applications of Geotextiles used in trench Drains away from the dam where the potential for high gradients is very low. In this article we explain the advantage and disadvantage of the Geotextiles filters.

As it’s clear, the prefix of Geotextile (GEO) means covering with soil and textile means cloth, so it will be translated to the tissue with ability to cover the soil. Geotextiles are used in a variety of applications in earth dam also it has significant uses in environmental cases. Geotextile replace the gravel under the rip rap or reinforced concrete blocks and in some cases Drainage channels, earth dam ,etc. also Geotextiles have been used as a separator between a sand filter and a coarse drain fill in downstream toe drains. The purpose of this paper is to show the role of Geotextile filters as environmental equipment in Embankment dams. There have also been successful drainage applications of Geotextiles used in trench Drains away from the dam where the potential for high gradients is very low. In this article we explain the advantage and disadvantage of the Geotextiles filters.