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GEOTEXTILES

Geotextiles are flat, permeable, polymer-synthetic (PET, PVA, PP) or natural textile materials which can be nonwoven, knitted or woven. They are used in contact with soil or other materials in civil engineering earthworks and building constructions. Geotextiles can provide separation, filtration and reinforcing functions in a structure.

WOVEN GEOTEXTILES, KNITTED GEOTEXTILES:

Woven geotextiles are manufactured by interlaying (usually at right angles) of two or more sets of yarn, fibres, tapes or other products. They are endowed with high tensile strength. Geotextiles are flat fabrics consisting of two mutually perpendicular sets of threads bonded with fabric weave.
Knitted geotextiles are manufactured by looping of one or more yarns, fibres or other elements.

Both geotextiles, woven and knitted, are beneficially used for a wide range of both cohesive and non-cohesive soils and they support quick formation of a natural soil filter. They facilitate dissipation of pore pressures and, thanks to their strength characteristics and low elongation, they improve mechanical properties of soil and enable the construction of reinforcing ground structures in this way.