Equipment to carry out laboratory damage during installation tests on geosynthetics

Abstract

The equipment developed to carry out damage during installation tests in laboratory on geosynthetics is described. These tests allow inducing in laboratory the effects of the procedures of installation on site on the geosynthetics. The test equipment and test procedures are described and the characteristics of the granular material and the geosynthetic used in this study are referred. After carrying out the damage during installation laboratory tests, intact and damaged samples of geosynthetic were: 1) observed using scanning electronic microscope; and 2) carried out tensile tests in order to characterize the damaged induced.