Thermo-hydro-mechanics of geosynthetic liners: from processes to prediction

本项目旨在解决在恶劣环境条件下影响土工合成衬垫系统长期性能的复杂相互作用，以防止地下水污染。废物密封衬里系统的故障导致数百万美元的补救费用和高昂的社会成本。该项目预计将支持实验验证理论的发展，以预测土工合成衬垫系统在高温下的性能。该项目的预期成果是建立一个新的概念框架，并为环境保护的土工合成衬垫系统的设计提供新的指导方针。预计这些成果将使废物和采矿业受益，为规划、决策者、顾问和建筑工程师提供有关垃圾填埋场和采矿和工业废物遏制新衬里系统的科学信息。

This project aims to resolve the complex interactions affecting the long-term performance of geosynthetic liner systems under harsh environmental conditions for preventing groundwater contamination. Failures of waste containment lining systems result in millions of dollars remedial costs and high societal costs. The project expects to underpin the development of an experimentally-validated theory to predict the performance of geosynthetic liner systems at high temperatures. Expected outcomes of the project are the establishment of a new conceptual framework and providing new guidelines for the design of geosynthetic liner systems for environmental protection. These outcomes are expected to benefit the waste and mining industries by informing planning, decision makers, consultants and construction engineers with science-based information on new lining systems for landfills and mining and industry waste containment.