A review of the hydraulic performance of permeable reactive barriers based on granular zero valent iron

S Bilardi, PS Calabrò, N Moraci - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) based on the use of zero valent iron (ZVI) represent an
efficient technology for the remediation of contaminated groundwater, but the literature …

Filtration behaviour of staple fibre geotextiles under unequal biaxial tensile strains

L Tang, W Francey, J Zheng, X Wang… - Geosynthetics …, 2023 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Gradient ratio tests were conducted to investigate the filtration behaviour of staple fibre
needle-punched nonwoven geotextiles subjected to unequal biaxial tensile strains. Three …

Study on the hydraulic properties of internally unstable soil-nonwoven geotextile systems: Boundary values and preliminary estimates

EM Palmeira, MV Souza, DSC Santos… - Geotextiles and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Internally unstable soils can pose severe conditions to granular and geotextile filters in
geotechnical engineering works. Regarding the latter, several researchers have …

Reactive and Hydraulic Behavior of Granular Mixtures Composed of Zero Valent Iron

S Bilardi, PS Calabrò, N Moraci - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zero valent iron (ZVI) is widely used in permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) for the
remediation of contaminated groundwater. The hydraulic conductivity of ZVI can be reduced …

Applications of natural geotextile in geotechnical engineering

VVB Prasad, MVS Ishwarya, P Jayakrishnan… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ground improvement deals with the modification of the soil in existing foundation to give
better performance after construction and to handle operational loading stresses during …

[HTML][HTML] Behavior of multi-layer permeable reactive barriers for groundwater remediation

S Bilardi, S Simonetti, PS Calabrò, N Moraci - Soils and Foundations, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to evaluate the efficiency of a multilayer configuration of a permeable
reactive barrier (PRB) made up of granular mixtures of zero valent iron (ZVI) and lapillus …

Soil/geotextile filter compatibility: a geometrical, experimental and micro-structural approach

N Moraci, MC Mandaglio… - Geosynthetics International, 2023 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The paper focuses on the evaluation of the long-term behaviour of geotextile filters in contact
with cohesionless soils. The clogging, blinding and piping levels of the filtering systems …

Geotextile filters: from idealization to real behaviour (Giroud Lecture 2023)

EM Palmeira - Geosynthetics International, 2024 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Geotextiles have been used as filters in geotechnical and geoenvironmental works for
decades. Despite their broad utilization, these filters still find obstacles to the expansion of …

Exploring granular filter media in sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for stormwater pollutant adsorption: A pilot study

K Tota-Maharaj, C Karunanayake, D Cheddie… - … Research and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Granular filter media are integral to sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for their efficiency
in removing pollutants from urban runoff. This study focuses on understanding the filtration …

Concept of Limit Soil-Retained State for Developing of Novel Filtration Criteria

D Zheng, YF Zhuang - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Geotextile filters have been used as substitution of granular filters for decades. Despite their
technical and commercial success, the behavior of geotextile filters can be quite complex …