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Geotextile bags
Geotextile bags are geotextile containers, normally filled with sand, and with volumes
between 0.3 and 10 m
3
. If the volume of the bags is lower than 0.3 m
3
, then they are
normally referred to as sandbags (see Figure 3.1) and these are not covered in this
manual.
3.1 APPLICATION AND GENERAL
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Geotextile bags are used in a variety of temporary and permanent structures.
[22, paragraph 5.2.1] The following applications utilize geotextile bags:
groynes;
breakwaters;
artificialreefs;
Figure 3.1
Geotextile bags used as a beach groyne (Saipem, Angola).
