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Resistance of geotextiles against mechanical and chemical degradation

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The geotextiles can suffer short and long-term resistance changes due to the action of many damaging agents. This work studies the resistance of two polypropylene geotextiles with different structures (a woven and a non-woven) against mechanical and chemical degradation. The geotextiles were ex- posed to several degradation tests: installation damage (in laboratory and in field), abrasion, creep rupture, immersion in chemical substances (water and solutions of sulphuric acid and calcium hydroxide), thermo-oxidation and artificial weathering. The damages suffered by the geotextiles (during the degradation tests) were evaluated by tensile tests (except for the creep rupture tests).

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Geotextiles Mechanical damage Abrasion Creep Chemical ageing Reduction factors

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Carneiro, J.R., Carlos, D.M.; Lopes, M.L.; Paula, António Miguel; Pinho-Lopes, M.; Almeida, P.J. (2014). Resistance of geotextiles against mechanical and chemical degradation. In Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics. Berlin, Germany. ISBN 978-3-9813953-9

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