GSE, an international producer of geosynthetic materials, has announced the release its Online Interactive Drainage Design Manual. This is the third edition in the series, which has been authored collectively by industry design professionals. This volume includes contributions from Robert Bachus, Dhani Narejo, Mengjia Li, Te-Yang Soong, and Richard Thiel. The first edition was published in July 2004 and the second in June 2007. The manual is designed to assist users in specifying cost-effective drainage systems and aid in the preparation of construction details.
The interactive online tools that have been added to this 3rd edition will help further product review and selection with the manual.
A flyer announcing the edition’s release notes some highlights:
- Interactive 100-hour Performance Transmissivity Database to select the most cost-effective solution from the company’s large selection of geosynthetic drainage products.
- Dynamic Equation Sheets with easy navigation to provide interactive design examples and calculation tools.
- Comprehensive design concepts, methods, and equations for landfill and other drainage applications.
Users of the work can learn about all issues of geosynthetic drainage layer designs, such as creep, interface shear strength, transmissivity, geotextile properties and product specifications that can be used by design engineers.
Visit the GSE Drainage Manual website.
