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ABSTRACT
Building has always been an art. It has gradually become a science too, thanks to new materials and new methods of sizing. Synthetic membranes millimeters thick, "geomembranes", have emerged in a few decades for their properties as a material of choice to make impervious linings for canals, dams, reservoirs, waste and mining spoil containment, tunnels and other geotechnical works.
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Jean-Pierre GIROUD : ECP Engineer, Doctor of Science - Member US National Academy of Engineering - Past President International Geosynthetics Society - Consulting engineer JP GIROUD, INC (USA) - With the cooperation of Nathalie TOUZE-FOLTZ - Research Unit Manager Irstea
INTRODUCTION
The text on the following pages is both a preface and an introduction to a series of five thematically organized articles on geomembranes:
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civil engineering | waterproof containment
Geomembranes
Geomembranes, the material of choice for waterproof coatings
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