GEOTEXTILE TUBES WITH POROUS INTERNAL SHELVES FOR INHIBITING SHEAR OF SOLID FILL MATERIAL

摘要

A large scale geotextile tube includes a plurality of shelves that extend across the width of the geotextile tube with each shelf formed of a web of geogrid material or geocell material. As one moves from the bottom of the geotextile tube to the top of the geotextile tube, the width of each shelf decreases. The geotextile tube can be surrounded by an envelope formed of geogrid material.