9. Use
From the point of view of geomembrane use, the main points of comparison between geomembranes are as follows.
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The dates of some of the first field installations are as follows:
test boards with PVC and polyethylene films (1940s) ;
bitumen sprayed on the ground (1947), then small canals ;
small sheets of bituminous membranes factory-made to very narrow widths (45 cm) and used on test boards (1950);
butyl geomembrane (1957) ;
bitumen sprayed on glass cloth in channels (1962) ;
EPDM roofing membrane (1965) ;
EPDM geomembrane (late 1960s) ;
sprayed bitumen on nonwoven...
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Bibliography
- (1) - GIROUD (J.P.), PELTE (T.), BATHURST (R.J.) - Uplift of Geomembranes by Wind, Geosynthetics International. - Special Issue on Design of Geomembrane Applications, vol. 2, n° 6, pp. 897-952. (Errata, 1997, vol. 4, n° 2, pp. 187-207, and 1999, vol. 6, n° 6, pp. 521-522) (1995).
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