Study of Clayey Soils with Nonwoven Geotextiles as Liners in Landfill Stabilization

Landfills are highly complex, well-engineered series of cells in or above the ground level. Soil stabilization is the alteration of soils to enhance their physical properties. Landfill stabilization increase the shear strength of soil thus improving the load bearing capacity. Geotextiles are permeable fabrics which, when used in association with soil, have the ability to separate, filter, reinforce, protect or drain. All have a wide range of applications and are currently used to advantage in many civil engineering applications including roads, airfields, railroads, embankments, retaining structures, reservoirs, canals, dams, bank protection and coastal engineering. Typically made from polyester, they are classified into woven, needle punched, heat bonded. nonwoven geotextiles are manufactured by bonding materials together made of synthetics and used in separation applications. Non-woven geotextiles have more gaps of plastic membrane and right choice where pooling water is major concern i.e. drainage systems. In this present study, different geotextiles gives varying advantages. The permeability of the soil can be reduced to desired coefficient and also increased based on the type of geotextile used. The angle of shearing resistance (angle of internal friction) would be lower than that of the unreinforced soils. The performance of the geotextiles depends upon the index properties of the soil.