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New resin for geomembranes
August 1, 2007
…blown film extrusion applications such as geomembranes, the company said. A specific carbon black component is incorporated into HDPE 50045E resin to ensure that a fully stabilized, homogeneous black sheet…
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Highways for LIFE: Changing the way today’s infrastructure is built
August 1, 2007
…a bit more effort than going with the standard approach. That’s why FHWA is providing additional funding to help construct at least one project per state. How can your state…
Product specification
June 1, 2007
…a factor to consider. (Robert, Connecticut) Reply: Your question is a common one that has had quite a bit of past research, to the point that AASHTO has a generic…
Using structured geomembranes in final solid-waste landfill closure designs
February 1, 2007
…quality texture that will supply the requisite interface shear strength without the detrimental effects of the coextrusion-blown film manufacturing process. Additionally, as regards CQA field testing and laboratory conformance testing,…
Filter bags for ditch checks
October 1, 2006
…time frame longer than a few months, depending on the climate and temperature. Most sandbags today are made from woven slit-film polypropylene fabrics. They give excellent strength-to-weight ratios and are…
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of four pavement treatments
October 1, 2006
…a condition of 50 or better when they were repaired. There was quite a bit of scatter in the data, but the scatter was easily explained. For one thing, the…
Arizona road
October 1, 2006
…bit of a quandary. (Rick in Arizona) Reply: You are completely correct in that the use of a separation geotextile between the remaining base and the to-be-placed 2 inches of…
The enhancement of interface shear strength between two nonwoven geotextiles
April 1, 2006
…the above. Note that Option 4 is a bit crude and is not practical to verify over the whole slope, but was thought to do an adequate job on Project…
Construction Quality Assurance and Inspectors Certification Program (CQA-ICP)
April 1, 2006
…welding E. overlapping GCL-2 When a GCL has a nonwoven needle punched geotextile on one surface and a woven slit film geotextile on the other surface: A. placement of which…
Geosynthetics in the Greater Grand Forks Greenway
January 1, 1970
…and designed for both soil stabilization and ease of seeding. Applied on soil, it looks a bit like a tangled fishing net. For this Red River project, after the riprap…