Polymer film materials in watertight members of earth structures

Abstract

1. The small unit materials consumption of polymer, particularly polyethylene, watertight elements and high productivity of making them at practically any ambient air temperatures predetermine the effectiveness of their year-found construction regardless of the climatic region and area of the object being faced. 2. An urgent problem is the development of specifications and setting up the production of polymer materials intended specially for creating watertight elements of earth structures. Such materials can be PE panels with a thickness of 0.5–1.0 mm with protective layers, for example, of foamed PE with a thickness of 5–10 mm, applied on one or two sides.