The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills Research Association
The earlier papers (March & April issues of MMTI) published by the authors have stressed on the possibilities of application of geotextiles in pavement overlay applications to improve the service life of roads. It has been identified that geotextiles can be used in the subgrade, at the pavement overlay or at the surface overlay to increase the service life of roads. This paper presents a report on the actual pavement overlay Geotextile material designed and developed by Sasmira & TechFab India and field trials of the same at a prominent location in Mumbai.
Conclusions: Sasmira & TechFab India developed woven geotextiles were found to be acceptable for pavement overlay applications as per laboratory evaluation. Both wovens and non wovens can be used for pavement overlay applications. These helps to improve the service life of roads. Reinforcing strength and permittivity characteristics are the major attributes for the geotextiles used for pavement overlay applications.
Conclusions: Sasmira & TechFab India developed woven geotextiles were found to be acceptable for pavement overlay applications as per laboratory evaluation. Both wovens and non wovens can be used for pavement overlay applications. These helps to improve the service life of roads. Reinforcing strength and permittivity characteristics are the major attributes for the geotextiles used for pavement overlay applications.
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