Experimental and fem analysis of geotube geotextiles

Abstract

The present paper addresses the performance of a hanging bag test for dewatering of slurry sludge at Powai Lake,Mumbai, India. The hanging bag and working platform were fabricated at the geosynthetics testing laboratory atIIT Bombay. The properties of soil and geotextile geotube are reported. Based on the hanging bag test, the flowrate of slurry material and water level are recorded at a specific time period. The finite element method (FEM) analysis using PLAXIS was used for the analysis of the geotextile geotube. The test results show thatproper selection of geotube and filling material is very important at the site for the project.