ABSTRACT

Geotextile: It is a planar, permeable, polymeric textile product in the form of a flexible sheet (Fig. 1.1). Currently available geotextiles are classified into the following categories based on the manufacturing process:

• Woven geotextile: A geotextile produced by interlacing, usually at right angles, two or more sets of yarns (made of one or several fibres) or other elements using a conventional weaving process with a weaving loom.