Air channel testing of thermally bonded PVC geomembrane seams

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 56-69

  Thomas, R W ^a   Stark, T D ^b   Choi, H ^b  

^a TRI ENVIRONMENTAL INC   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Geosynthetics; Peel strength; PVC geomembrane; Quality assurance; Quality control; Seams; Thermal welding

Indexed keywords

GEOMEMBRANES; HOT AIR HEATING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEAM WELDING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR CHANNEL TESTING; BURST STRENGTH; PEEL STRENGTH; THERMAL SEAMING; THERMAL WELDING;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 11144341408     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2003.10.2.56     Document Type: Article

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