Woven geotextiles tensile properties

Comparison of woven and non-woven geotextile tensile properties. 

Geotextiles, non-woven textiles in particular, also known as paving fabrics, were the first to be used in asphalt paving. The original idea was for geotextiles to act as an asphalt reinforcement to improve the tensile properties of the asphalt and hence enhance asphalt tensile... 

Geotextile fabrics are based on woven, nonwoven and composite fabric structures whose properties are determined primarily by the fiber/yarn components present in terms of intrinsic tensile properties and chemical durability. Most geotextiles are expected to have lifetimes well in excess of 20 years and to provide varying degrees of mechanical reinforcement and containment to the civil engineering structures in which they are incorporated. 

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