Bamboo Fiber: A New Material for Natural Woven Geotextile

Authors

  • Laika Canseko , Creeselle DJ. Dadivas , Adriel Samuel Ersando , Anjerick Topacio

Abstract

Geotextiles have contributed decades to the erosion control industry and are mainly used in civil engineering
projects such as dam retaining walls, road foundations and reservoir slope stabilization. The paper presents the
results of experiments and physical testing to determine the effectiveness of Natural Bamboo Woven Geotextile as a
soil erosion control measure. To date, there is no specific bamboo geotextile commercially available. But bamboo is
locally available plant and the textile can be produced by small and large scale industry. So this is a better
alternative material for soil erosion control. There is a need for specific information about significant parameters of
such products in terms of erosion control. The results reveal that by utilizing bamboo as a natural woven geotextile
in comparison to the locally existing coir geotextile is an effective eco-hydrological measure to protect the steep
slope lands from erosion. This paper analyzes the performance of bamboo geotextile as to compare to coir geotextile
with respect to soil erosion control.

Published

2020-03-31

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