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Deformations and Damage of Non-Woven Geotextiles in Road Construction A. Watn Senior Scientist, SINTEF Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norway G. Eiksund Research Scientist, SINTEF Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norway A. Knutson Head of Division, Norwegian Public Road Administration, Road Research Laboratory, Norway ABSTRACT: SINTEF Civil and Environmental Engineering have performed a research project in two phases on non- woven geotextiles in road constructions. The first phase was a large-scale laboratory test aimed to study the effect of non- woven geotextiles on road deformations at cyclic loading. The second phase was a field test aimed to study the resistance against darnage of the geotextiles during construction. The project focused on the correspondence between properties from index tests and the observed behaviour. A clear correspondence was found between the initial tension stifliess of a geo- textile and the deformation after cyclic loading. Low correlation was found between observed damage during construction and the evaluation criteria used for classification of geotextiles in Norway. To take into account these findings it is recom- mended a revision of the evahsation criteria. It is also proposed a survivability criterion based on a combination of deformation energy and stress-strain properties to cover the construction and lifetime requirements. KEYWORDS: Geotechnical Engineering, soil, geotextile, damage. The classification is based on an evaluation of results 1 INTRODUCTION from the static puncture tests and the cone drop tests. T