TxDOT/TTI HYDRAULICS & EROSION CONTROL LABORATORY

Slope Protection Applications
Final Performance Analysis, 1991 - 2001 Evaluation Cycles
PRODUCT PERFORMANCE - 2000 EVALUATION CYCLE ONLY
No Product Name Year Slope Soil Sediment Loss Vegetation Density
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2 Entire Cycle was lost due to slope failure from inclement weather
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PRODUCT PERFORMANCE - 1991 THROUGH 2000 EVALUATION CYCLES
No Product Name Year Slope Soil Sediment Loss Vegetation Density
1 SuperGro 1994 1:3 Clay 0.08 70.38
2 Curlex® I 1992 0.12 98.13
3 Curlex® I 1991 0.15 63.23
4 verdyol® ERO-MAT® 1991 0.15 87.81
5 Landlok BonTerra EcoNet ENS2 1997 0.15 82.26
6 Curlex-LT 1997 0.18 85.37
7 Greenstreak® PEC-MAT 1991 0.20 90.53
8 Terra Control 1997 0.22 83.32
9 Airtrol® 1992 0.24 86.44
10 ECS Excelsior Blanket Standard 1996 0.25 83.36
11 Landlok® BonTerra® S1 1995 0.25 93.42
12 BioD-Mesh 60 1997 0.26 81.19
13 North American Green S75 1991 0.27 96.19
14 Futerra® 1998 0.27 87.79
15 Curlex-LT 1996 0.28 75.39
16 ECS Straw Blanket Standard 1995 0.29 90.71
17 Econo-Jute 1999 0.29 82.98
18 Conwed 3000 BFM 1999 0.30 84.56
19 SuperGro 1995 0.31 89.42
20 EcoAegis 1997 0.31 82.10
21 North American Green® S75 BN 1998 0.31 86.81
22 Xcel Regular 1991 0.32 90.17
23 verdyol® Excelsior Standard 1995 0.32 92.21
24 EnviroGuard Plus 1998 0.32 82.00
25 K-Mat 1998 0.32 57.05
26 EarthBound 1999 0.33 81.07
27 Grass Mat 1999 0.34 82.31
28 Terra-Control® 1996 0.35 92.09
29 POZ-O-CAP® 1995 0.36 83.48
30 Geogro 1996 0.38 87.95
31 POZ-O-CAP® 1996 0.42 90.31
32 Geogro 1997 0.43 77.39
33 CONTROL 91-98 1.24 74.43
Sediment Loss is expressed as “kilograms per 10 square meters:
Vegetation Density is expresses as the “average percent of vegetative cover at the final measurement round”
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