Service Life of Non-Woven Geotextile Material
Question: Hello Petra Nusa Elshada, how long does non-woven geotextile material last when installed in the ground as a separator and reinforcement?
Non-woven geotextile beneath a concrete road
Answer: Thank you for your question about the non-woven geotextile service life. There are several references on the durability of non-woven geotextile used as a separator.
Non-woven geotextile beneath a concrete road
One example is material installed in 1972 and analysed every 10 years. To this day, the geotextile is still very strong.
Greenwood, John H (2015). “Durability of Geosynthetics.” www.geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2015/10/01/part2-durability-of-geosynthetics
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