Open AccessResearch on Working Status of Impervious Geomembrane along Cracks of High Membrane-Faced Rockfill Dams
Author(s) -
Xianlei Zhang,
Mengdie Zhao,
Liu Yun-feng,
Ke Gu,
Wenlong Mao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/304/5/052113
Subject(s) - geomembrane , impervious surface , geotechnical engineering , materials science , deformation (meteorology) , environmental science , geology , composite material , ecology , biology
To address the “cramp effect” caused by displacement and sediment of impervious geomembranes in the cracks along high membrane-faced rockfill dams and the problem the declining mechanical performance of the geomembranes caused by long-time tensile stress, this study developed a set of simulation devices according to the working status of impervious geomembranes in the cracks along the dam. With PVC geomembranes as the test material, this study performed tests to identify the law of decline of membrane’s mechanical performance under different conditions of deformation with the temperature of the reservoir unchanged. It used the fractional mathematical model to process the test data and concluded the law of declining mechanical indicators of the PVC geomembrane. On the basis of the test data analysis, this study divided the decline of the geomembrane’s mechanical performance under constant large deformation into two stages, proposed structural solutions to mitigate or avoid decline of mechanical performance and lengthen the service life of impervious geomembranes.