Installation impact on geotextile filters

A geotextile used in roads will undergo loads during constmction that will not occur afterward  

These loads may result in puncture, abrasion or excess straining that in turn may lead to a loss of strength or at least reduce the serviceability of the product. 

A gentle method of placing a geotextile under water is to wind it up on a core tube above water and unwind it underwater on the bed of the watercourse. With other 

Fascine mattresses are often kept 1 or more days on the preparation site before they are dragged to the spot where they are to be sunk. This waiting position may have problems, especially when the mattress is spread in a tidal area, where during high water it is partly covered with water. Two effects have to be considered  

Artieres, O., Tchemiavsky, J.G., 2002. Geotextile filtration systems for dams — 30 years of improvement. In Delmas, G., Girard (Eds.), Geosynthetics — 7th ICG. Swets Zeitlinger, Lisse, pp. 969—974. 

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