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MANUFACTURED GEOMEMBRANE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
CONT

The spill containment berm is a portable, flexible spill containment unit for fuel, chemical and water spills.

OBS

Berms for spill containment are typically manufactured from PVC [polyvinyl chloride] or geomembrane fabric that provide a barrier to keep spills from reaching the ground or navigable waterways.

OBS

spill containment berm: Usually, this term is used to refer to a flexible spill containment device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
DEF

Récipient à fond plat, pliable et démontable, qui sert à contenir les fuites de liquides susceptibles de contaminer l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Synthetic Fabrics
DEF

Manufactured fiber products made into fabrics of various constructions for use in a wide variety of civil engineering applications including several applications... Asphalt overlay fabric... Drainage fabrics... Erosion control fabrics... Geomembrane protection fabrics... Reinforcement fabrics... Subsurface stabilization fabrics.

OBS

geotextiles: term standardized by AFNOR.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
DEF

Produit ou article textile utilisé dans le génie civil.

CONT

Les géotextiles [sont] des matériaux d'origine textile [...] Un test original a été développé, qui permet de simuler le comportement sol/géotextile sous chargement répété [...] Parmi les résultats de ce travail retenons : [...] - que les tissés de bandelettes et les non-tissés thermoliés sont efficaces à court terme pour limiter les mouvements de sol, mais à long terme, les non-tissés aiguilletés s'avèrent meilleurs à cet égard; - que les structures aiguilletées piègent plus de sol que les thermoliés [...] Les propriétés hydrauliques ou mécaniques des géotextiles sont depuis longtemps utilisées dans les drainages, la filtration, la protection des sites d'enfouissement ou le renforcement des sols.

OBS

géotextiles : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Geomembranes made in situ (ie, at the construction site) are usually continuous (ie, with no seams) and are made by spraying or otherwise placing a hot or cold viscous material onto a substrate.

OBS

in-situ made geomembrane: see Index section p. 5 in source GIRGE, 1985.

OBS

As opposed to "manufactured geomembrane. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Géomembrane réalisée sur le site même de service. Elle peut être réalisée en une seule couche (monocouche) ou en plusieurs couches (multicouches).

OBS

S'oppose à «géomembrane manufacturée».

Spanish

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