Abstract
This paper reports research about the durability of non-woven geotextiles when exposed to artificial weathering conditions [ultraviolet (UV) radiation, rain and dew] on a laboratory weatherometer. The geotextiles were specially manufactured from polypropylene fibers stabilized with different amounts of the additive Chimassorb 944 and the pigment carbon black. The degradation suffered by the geotextiles was evaluated by tensile tests and by scanning electron microscopy.
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