Affiliation:
1. GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
2. Canada research Chair in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Abstract
Experiments were conducted to quantify short-term tensile strains induced in a 1.5 mm thick high-density polyethylene geomembrane overlain by tailings. Four subgrades, a poorly graded angular to subangular gravel (GP), a well-graded angular to subangular gravel (GW), a poorly subrounded graded sand (SP), and silty sand (SM), and two nonwoven geotextiles, 450 and 1420 g/m2, were evaluated. All the indentations in the geomembrane (GMB) were due to the subgrade, and with an adequate fraction of sand size particles in the subgrade, the tensile strains could be minimized. At 2000 kPa, the maximum tensile strain was 32% for GP, 16% for GW, 13% for SP, and no discernable indentation was observed for SM prepared at the optimum water content of 11%. For the soft SM subgrade prepared at 20% water content, only one indentation with the tensile strain of 2% was observed. At 2000 kPa, a 450 g/m2 geotextile beneath the GMB reduced the maximum tensile strain from 32% to 23% for GP subgrade, from 16% to 8% for GW subgrade, and from 13% to 6% for SP subgrade; the 1420 g/m2 geotextile reduced the maximum tensile strain to 14% for GP subgrade. Thus, minimal subgrade indentation induced strain and hence the possibility of a very long service life of GMB could be achieved using SM subgrade.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Civil and Structural Engineering,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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