Geotextile containment units

Geotextiles and geotextile containment units used in marine engineering... 

Sand fill is normally used for geotextile containment units in marine engineering applications because it is permeable, it is stable when the sand fill is dense, and it does not undergo volume changes with time, ie, settlements. Fine-grained fills stabilised with cement or polymer have also been used in geotextile containment units for marine applications however, this is a new, emerging development and is not discussed further in this chapter. 

Three types of geotextile containment units are used in marine engineering, differentiated on the basis of shape and volume geotextile bags, geotextile tubes and geotextile containers (Fig. 20.2). 

Figure 20.2 Types of geotextile containment units used in marine engineering, (a) Geotextile bags, (b) geotextile tubes and (c) geotextile containers.

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