Dewatering & geobags · 2026
Experimental study of seepage-scour failure in geotextile tubes gap with damaged vertical sidewall
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Research overview
Laboratory tests varied hole radius, sand gradation, channel flow and hydraulic gradient to examine sand loss through a damaged geotextile-tube sidewall. Larger damage and faster flow reduced the critical gradient for initial erosion, while the well-graded sand resisted failure better; the apparatus represents a simplified gap and damaged wall rather than a complete field tube or stack.
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- Authors
- Wen-Long Mao, Ling Zhang, Tian-Wen Wang
- Publication year
- 2026
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0352901
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