SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1990
STP19025S

Ductile-To-Brittle Transition Time in Polyethylene Geomembrane Sheet

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The susceptibility of polyethylene (PE) geomembranes to stress cracking was evaluated in the laboratory using an accelerated notched constant load testing (NCLT) method. The test specimens were subjected to various stress levels which ranged from 25% to 70% of the yield stress at 50°C. The ductile-to-brittle failure curves of five different geomembranes were obtained by plotting the logarithm of percent yield stress against the logarithm of average failure time. The stress cracking resistance (SCR) is quantified as the value of the ductile-to-brittle transition time. The results show that SCR of these geomembrane sheets vary over a wide range from a minimum of 4 hours to over 600 hours.

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Halse, YH
Lord, AE
Koerner, RM
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Developed by Committee: D35
Pages: 95–109
DOI: 10.1520/STP19025S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5139-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1456-2