What is the importance of geo-textiles and sand in reclamation works?
Answer:
For geo-textiles used in reclamation, they serve mainly the following two purposes:
Answer:
For geo-textiles used in reclamation, they serve mainly the following two purposes:
- They separate reclamation fill from marine mud;
- They may act as reinforcement to enhance the stability of reclamation. However, the reinforcement function is still under heated debate because its performance as reinforcement depends on several factors like the directional strength of woven geo-textiles and damage effect by installation of vertical band drains.
- It spreads the load of future public dump on top of it;
- It acts as drainage path for dissipation of excess pore water pressure for band drain installation.
