HDPE Geomembranes in Geotechnics

• Main Author: Müller, Werner W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Waste management.; Civil Engineering.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

HDPE (High-density polyethylene) geomembranes are nowadays widely used for large-area liners and construction sealings in geotechnical engineering. Lining of water ponds, dams and dykes, landfill base liners and cover systems, remediation of contaminated sites, waterproof for tunnels, beneath highwa...

Table of Contents:

• Technical Regulations
• HDPE Materials and Geomembrane Manufacture
• Testing of HDPE Geomembrane Properties
• Deformation Behaviour
• Long-term Behaviour
• HDPE Geomembranes with Textured Surface
• Mass Transport
• Requirements for Protective Layers
• Installation of HDPE Geomembranes
• Welding of HDPE Geomembranes
• Leak Detection and Monitoring Systems.