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Service life of a high-density polyethylene geomembrane under simulated landfill conditions at 85°C
Published in American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2014
Volume: 140
   
Issue: 11
Abstract
The time to rupture of a 1.5-mm-thick high-density polyethylene geomembrane aged in a typical landfill composite liner configuration is investigated under a pressure of 250 kPa at 85 ° C. The geomembrane was underlain with a geosynthetic clay liner and had a 560 g=m2 needle-pinched nonwoven geotextile protection layer separating it from 50 mm of drainage gravel containing leachate. Seventeen (0.6-m-diameter) tests were conducted. In addition to 9 months required to deplete antioxidants (Stage I), the tests indicated a lag period (Stage II) of 5.5 months and a time from the start of degradation to rupture (Stage III) of 20 months, giving a total inferred time to rupture of 34.5 months (2.9 years). There were up to 61 brittle ruptures per sample (i.e. > 2 million cracks per hectare). The ruptures were predominately oriented in the machine direction and located (1) directly beneath a gravel contact, (2) at the side of a gravel indentation, or (3) between gravel indentations. The ruptures between gravel indentations were the least frequent but largest. The calculated strains perpendicular to the rupture direction were 24±6%. Rupture occurred, although the average stress-crack resistance for all ruptured geomembrane samples still was approximately 760±200 h, with a minimum of 360 h. These results indicate the importance of minimizing tensile strains in the geomembrane in the design of a liner system. © 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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JournalData powered by TypesetJournal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
ISSN10900241
Open AccessNo
Concepts (23)
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    Cracks
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    Geomembranes
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    Gravel
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    Indentation
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    Leachate treatment
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    Strain
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    Weaving
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    Failure surface
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    Geosynthetic clay liners
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    Geosynthetics
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    LANDFILL CONDITION
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    MACHINE DIRECTIONS
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    NONWOVEN GEOTEXTILES
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    Rupture
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    STRESS CRACKS
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    Polyethylenes
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    Clay liner
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    Crack
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    Failure mechanism
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    Geomembrane
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    Landfill
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    Polymer
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    Stress