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Applications of geotextiles made of PET-filament-based nonwoven fabrics

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Climate change has been occuring in recent years. The extraordinary changes lead to high temperatures, floods, and typhoons that become a significant threat to people’s lives and property. Therefore, engineering methods have become important, as they decrease the level of people’s loss caused by natural disasters. Synthetic fibers have been commonly used in geotechnical engineering field since their invention, and are now widely available. Whether geotextiles are made using fabrics or nonwoven fabrics, water permeability and appropriate strength are their indispensable properties in reinforcement, separation, filtration, drainage, and protection. In this study, polyester (PET) filaments and nonwoven fabrics are combined using hot pressing, during which different weight amounts of filament are used. The composites are tested for delamination strength, tensile strength, tear strength, burst strength, and puncture strength to characterize the filament-based geotextiles. The experimental results show that a high needle punching depth has a negative influence on the strengths of geotextiles. Moreover, the geotextiles exhibit the optimal tensile and tearing strength when they are hot pressed at 170 °C, and optimal burst strength and puncture strength when they are hot pressed at 180 °C.

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  1. Innovation Platform of Intelligent and Energy-Saving Textiles, School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Jia-Horng Lin

  2. Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City, 40724, Taiwan

    Jia-Horng Lin & Hsueh-Jen Tan

  3. School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City, 40402, Taiwan

    Jia-Horng Lin

  4. Department of Fashion Design, Asia University, Taichung City, 41354, Taiwan

    Jia-Horng Lin

  5. Department of Land Management, Feng Chia University, Taichung City, 40724, Taiwan

    Jing-Chzi Hsieh

  6. The Department of Textile Engineering, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, 11114, Taiwan

    Wen-Hao Hsing

  7. Department of Materials and Textiles, Oriental Institute of Technology, New Taipei City, 22061, Taiwan

    Yi-Jun Pan

  8. Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising, Shih Chien University Kaohsiung Campus, Kaohsiung, 84550, Taiwan

    Chien-Teng Hsieh

  9. School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Jia-Hsun Li

  10. Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China

    Ching-Wen Lou

  11. Graduate Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung City, 40601, Taiwan

    Ching-Wen Lou

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Lin, JH., Hsieh, JC., Hsing, WH. et al. Applications of geotextiles made of PET-filament-based nonwoven fabrics. Fibers Polym 17, 1955–1962 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-016-6833-9

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