ABSTRACT
The word ‘Geotextiles’ is a combination of two words. The word ‘Geo’ comes from the Greek word, meaning ‘Earth’, and textiles. Geotextile has been defined in Textile Terms and Definitions, published by The Textile Institute, as ‘Any permeable textile material used for filtration, drainage, separation, reinforcement and stabilisation purposes as an integral part of civil engineering structures of earth, rock or other constructional materials’ [1]. Another definition of geotextiles is, ‘Geotextiles are permeable textiles used in conjunction with soils or rock as an integral part of a manmade project’ [2].
