Time-dependent mechanical response of HDPE geomembranes

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-65

  Merry, Scott M ^a,b   Bray, Jonathan D ^b,c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b ASCE   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; GEOTEXTILES; LANDFILL LININGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING;

BASE LINERS; GEOMEMBRANES; SINGH-MITCHELL CREEP MODEL; TIME-DEPENDENT MECHANICAL RESPONSE;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

CREEP; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETIC; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; STRAIN RATE; TENSION TESTING;

EID: 0030985960     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:1(57)     Document Type: Article

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