TY - GEN
T1 - Use of jute as a sustainable alternative for PP in geotextile tubes
AU - Kiffle, Z. B.
AU - Steele, S. E.
AU - Bhatia, S. K.
AU - Smith, J. L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant No. CMMI 1100131. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. We would like to thank Mr. Chris Timpson Technical Services Manager for the Geotube® Group at TenCate, and Mr. A.K. Khastagir, Project Manager and Mr. P. Choudhury of National Jute Board, India.
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Geotextile tubes have been used extensively to contain and dewater high water content materials. Geotextile tubes are typically manufactured from polypropylene (PP), a high embodied energy polymer, because of their relatively high tensile and seam strength properties that are often necessary to withstand the stresses that can develop in a geotextile tube during filling, and to maintain geotextile tube shape after filling. There are applications where lower-strength jute geotextiles could be used to manufacture smaller, more sustainable geotextile tubes for use in sensitive environmental applications, such as in wetland or shoreline rehabilitation applications. This paper presents the results of a laboratory study that compares the filtration performance of PP versus jute geotextiles for use as geotextile tubes, demonstrating the potential use of jute in geotextile tubes. Second, the paper presents a life cycle analysis that compares commercially available PP geotextile tubes to jute geotextile tubes. Overall, jute shows great promise for use in geotextile tubes.
AB - Geotextile tubes have been used extensively to contain and dewater high water content materials. Geotextile tubes are typically manufactured from polypropylene (PP), a high embodied energy polymer, because of their relatively high tensile and seam strength properties that are often necessary to withstand the stresses that can develop in a geotextile tube during filling, and to maintain geotextile tube shape after filling. There are applications where lower-strength jute geotextiles could be used to manufacture smaller, more sustainable geotextile tubes for use in sensitive environmental applications, such as in wetland or shoreline rehabilitation applications. This paper presents the results of a laboratory study that compares the filtration performance of PP versus jute geotextiles for use as geotextile tubes, demonstrating the potential use of jute in geotextile tubes. Second, the paper presents a life cycle analysis that compares commercially available PP geotextile tubes to jute geotextile tubes. Overall, jute shows great promise for use in geotextile tubes.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784480434.040
DO - 10.1061/9780784480434.040
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85018764898
T3 - Geotechnical Special Publication
SP - 369
EP - 378
BT - Geotechnical Special Publication
A2 - Brandon, Thomas L.
A2 - Valentine, Richard J.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Geotechnical Frontiers 2017
Y2 - 12 March 2017 through 15 March 2017
ER -