A "pouch test" for characterizing gas permeability of geomembranes

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-366

  Pierson, P ^a   Barroso, M ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gas flow and permeance; Gas permeability; HDPE geomembrane; Pouch test; Seam

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURIZATION;

THERMAL-HOT DUAL WEDGE METHOD;

GEOMEMBRANES;

GAS FLOW; GEOSYNTHETICS; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; TESTING METHOD;

GAS FLOW; GEOMEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYETHYLENE; TESTING;

EID: 0037870409     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.9.0222     Document Type: Article

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