Containment & leakage · 2026
Hot-air welding of elastomeric bituminous geomembrane seams
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Research overview
Examines hot-air-welded BGM seams using tensile-shear and constant-load creep tests. Assesses welding temperature, travel speed, thickness reduction and squeeze-out; short-term seam strength did not establish resistance to sustained loading under the tested conditions.
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- Authors
- Sherif Fathelbab, Fady B. Abdelaal
- Publication year
- 2026
- DOI
- 10.1051/e3sconf/202674013002
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- Full text at the original publisher or institutional repository.
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- CC BY 4.0 ↗
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