CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 1.1 Mass per unit area 2 1.1 Thickness of Geotextiles 5 1.3 Specific Gravity 8 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 2.1 Strip and Wide-width Tensile Strength 9 2.2 Trapezoidal Tear Strength 15 2.3 Grab Tensile Strength 17 2.4 DropConeTest (Penetration Resistance) 20 2.5 Puncture Resistance Test 24 2.6 Burst Strength 28 2.7 Friction Behavior Test 31 2.8 Pullout Resistance Test 33 2.9 Sewn Seam Strength 37 HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES 3.1 Cross-Plane Permeability (Permittivity) 39 3.2 In-Plane Permeability or Transmittivity of Geotextile 44 3.3 Apparent Opening Size 47 3.4 Porosity 49 ENDURANCE PROPERTIES 4.1 CreepTest 50 4.2 Gradient Ratio (Clogging) Test 54 DEGRADATION PROPERTIES 5.1 Ultraviolet (Sunlight) Degradation 56 5.2 Biological Degradation 57 APPENDICES 6.1 Different Types of Geosynthetics Testing 58 6.2 Different Types of Applications of Geosynthetics Product in Civil Engineering 59 6.3 Geosynthetics Product Data 61 1 Geotextile Product Data 63 2 Geomembrane Product Data 95 3 Geosynthetics Clay Liner Product Data 121 4 Drainage Product Data 125 5 Geogrid Product Data 139 6 Geocell Product Data 149 7 Erosion Control Data 153 6.4 English-SI/SI-English Unit Conversion Chart 166 6.5 References 167