ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 4

Time-Temperature Superposition in Mechanical Durability Testing of Polyethylene Geomembranes

Lord, AE
Professor of physics, Geosynthetic Research Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Hsuan, YG
Assistant professor of civil and architectural engineering, Geosynthetic Research Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Koerner, RM
Bowman professor of civil and architectural engineering and director of the Geosynthetic Research Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Abstract

The mechanical durability of polyethylene geomembranes is considered in this technical note. Polyethylene plastic pipe research has shown that there are universal factors for shifting high-temperature failure (short time) data to low temperatures (long time). Data presented here indicate that these same shift factors may also apply to geomembranes. Crack growth rate studies are proposed as a supplement to the currently used notched constant tensile load tests.

Keywords:
durability, cracks, failure criteria, polyethylene geomembranes, mechanical durability, lifetime, failure time, slow crack growth

Paper ID: GTJ10043J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10043J
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