Geomembranes : identification and performance testing : report of Technical Committee 103-MGH, Mechanical and Hydraulic Testing of Geomembranes, RILEM, (the International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures)

Preface. A L Rollin, Canada. Part I: General topics. Geomembrane background and overview - R Koerner, USA Test standards and their classification - J M Rigo, Belgium, and D Cazzuffi, Italy Seaming techniques, sampling and destructive testing - A L Rollin, Canada, and D Fayoux, Belgium, and G Hemond, Switzerland Non-destructive field testing - A L Rollin, Canada, and J P Bennetton, France Part II: Selected topics. Tensile testing - J P Gourc, France Burst testing - S E Hoekstra, Netherlands Puncture testing - R K Frobel, USA, and J M Rigo Friction testing - T S Ingold, UK Anchorage and pull-out testing - R Koerner, and M H Wayne, USA Permeability testing - Pierson, F Gousse, France Stress cracking testing - R. Koerner, and Y H Halse, and A E Lord, USA Microanalysis of stress cracks - A L Rollin, Canada, and I D Peggs, USA Chemical resistance immersion testing - I D Peggs, USA Biological resistance testing - J M Rigo, and R Degeimbre, and J Wiertz, Belgium Polymer identification testing - Y H Halse, USA, and J M Rigo, Belgium, and D Cazzuffi, Italy, and R Degeimbre, and J Wiertz, Belgium Index.