Geosynthetic Design and Construction Guidelines. Participant Notebook. NHI Course211 No. 13213 (Revised April 1998)

摘要

This manual is an updated version of the Geotextile Design and Construction211u001eGuidelines, used for the FHWA training course Geosynthetic Engineering Workshop. 211u001eThe update was performed to reflect current practices and codes for geotextile 211u001edesign, and has been expanded to address geogrid and geomembrane materials. The 211u001emanual was prepared to enable the Highway Engineer to correctly identify and 211u001eevaluate potential applications of geosynthetics as an alternative to other 211u001econstruction methods and as a means to solve construction problems. With the aid 211u001eof this text, the Highway Engineer should be able to properly design, select, 211u001etest, specify, and construct with textiles, geocomposite drains, geogrids and 211u001erelated materials in drainage, sediment control, erosion control, roadway, and 211u001eembankment on soft soils applications. Steepened slope and retaining wall 211u001eapplications also are addressed, but designers are referred to the FHWA 211u001eDemonstration Project No. 82 references on mechanically stabilized earth 211u001estructures for details on design. This manual is directed toward geotechnical, 211u001ehydraulic, roadway, bridge and structures, and route layout highway engineers.