Effect of Geotextiles on Engireening Properties of Soil

Abstract

Geotextiles, a newly emerging field in the civil engineering and other fields, offer great potential in varied areas of applications globally. Geotextiles play a significant part in modern pavement design and maintenance techniques. The growth in their use worldwide for transportation applications in particular, has been nothing short of phenomenal. Geotextiles are ideal materials for infrastructural works such as roads, harbors and many others. This project aims at observing the effect of using geotextiles on some Engineering properties of soil using different variations of both non-woven and woven geotextiles in with main emphasis on performing proctor compaction test, unconfined compressive strength test and triaxial test(UU) on clayey soil and observing and analyzing the results obtained. Concluding with analyzing the results, deducing their scope and usefulness for Civil Engineers in various fields of civil Engineering.