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STP 1390 Testing and Performance of Geosynthetics in Subsurface Drainage L.David Suits,James B.Goddard,and John S.Baldwin,editors ASTM Stock Number:STP1390 ASTM 100 Barr Harbor Drive West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959 Printed in the U.S.A.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Testing and performanceof geosynthetics in subsurface drainage/L.David Suits,James B.Goddard,and John S.Baldwin,editors.p.cm.-(STP;1390)ASTM stock number:STP1390.Proceedings of a symposium held in Seattle,Wash.,June 29,1999.Includes bibliographical references.ISBN 0-8031-2860-6 1.Road drainage-Congresses.2.Geosynthetics-Testing-Congresses.3.Subsurface drainage-Congresses.I.Suits,L.David,1945-I1.Goddard,James B.,1945-III.Baldwin,John S.,1946-IV.ASTM special technical publication;1390.TE215.T47 2000 625.734-dc21 00-024658 Copyright?9 2000 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use,or the internal,personal,or educational classroom use of specific clients,is granted by the American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM)provided that the appropriate fee is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center,222 Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA 01923;Tel:508-750-8400;online:http:/ Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by two peer reviewers and at least one editor.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM Committee on Publications.To make technical information available as quickly as possible,the peer-reviewed papers in this publication were prepared camera-ready as submitted by the authors.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of the peer reviewers.In keeping with Iong-stan,ting publication practices,ASTM maintains the anonymity of the peer reviewers.The ASTM Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and contribution of time and effort on behalf of ASTM.Printed in Scranton,PA March 2000 Foreword This publication,Testing and Performance of Geosynthetics in Subsurface Drainage,contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in Seattle,Washington,on 29 June 1999.The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee D 35 on Geosynthetics and Committee D 18 on Soil and Rock in cooperation with The National Transportation Research Board(Committees A2K06 and A2K07).L.David Suits,New York State Department of Transportation,John S.Bald-win,West Virginia Department of Transportation,and James B.Goddard,Advanced Drainage Sys-tems,Inc.,presided as co-chairmen and are editors of the resulting publication.Contents Overview vii FIELD PERFORMANCE STUDIES Performance of Repaired Slope Using a GEONET or GEOPIPE Drain to Lower Ground-Water Table-S.-A.TAN,S.-H.CHEW,G.-P.gARUNARATNE,AND S.-F.WONG Preventing Positive Pore Water Pressures with a Geocomposite Capillary Barrier Drain-J.c.STORMONT AND T.B.STOCKTON 15 PAVEMENT DESIGN AND DRAINAGE Roadway Base and Subgrade Geocomposite Drainage Layers-8.R.CHRISTOPHER,S.A.HAYDEN,AND A.ZHAO Facilitating Cold Climate Pavement Drainage Using Geosynthetics-G.P.RAYMOND AND R.J.BATHURST Development of a Performance-Based Specification(QC/QA)for Highway Edge Drains in Kentucky-L.J.FLECKENSTEIN AND D.L.ALLEN Key Installation Issues Impacting the Performance of Geocomposite Pavement Edgedrain Systems-M.K.ELFINO,D.G.RILEY,AND T.g.BAAS 35 52 64 72 TESTING Full-Scale Laboratory Testing of a Toe Drain with a Geotextile Sock-J.J.SWIHART 89 Influence of Test Apparatus on the Measurement of Transmissivity of Geosynthetic Drains-S.-H.CHEW,S.-F.WONG,T.-L.TEOH,G.-P.KARUNARATNE,AND S.-A.TAN 99 Review Clogging Behavior by the Modified Gradient Ratio Test Device with Implanted Piezometers-D.T.-T.CHANG,C.HSIEH,S.-Y.CHEN,AND Y.-Q.CHEN 109 Overview The effectiveness of subsurface drainage in prolonging the service life of a pavement system has been the subject of discussion for many years across several disciplines involved in the planning,designing,construction,and maintenance of pavement,and other engineered systems.One of the first workshops that I attended on first coming to work for the New York State Department of Transportation over thirty years ago was presented by the Federal Highway Administration in which the benefits of good subsurface drainage in a pavement system were promoted.Even at that time there were many different components of a drainage system that contributed to its overall performance.With the advent of geosynthetics,and their incorporation into subsurface drainage systems,another component has been added that must be understood in order to insure proper per