Collaborative Project on the Long-Term Performance of Barrier Systems

PAPERS

GENERAL

Rowe, R.K (2012). Short and long-term leakage through composite liners, the 7th Arthur Casagrande Lecture, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 49(2): In press.

Rowe, R.K. (2012). “Systems engineering the design and operations of municipal solid waste landfills to minimize leakage of contaminants to groundwater”, Geosynthetics International, 16(6) 391-404.  This paper, the 3rd Zeng Gou-Xi Lecture, was presented at the International Symposium on Geoenvironmental Engineering, Hangzhou, China, and a pre-print appeared in the Proceedings of that Conference: pp. 3-18.

Rowe R.K. (2009) “Long-term performance of leachate collections systems and geomembrane liners for MSW landfills”, Keynote lecture, GeoAfrica 2009, Capetown, September 2009.

Hsuan, Y. G., Schroeder, H..F., Rowe, R. K., Müller, W.,  Greenwood, J., Cazzuffi, D., Koerner, R.M. (2008) “Long-term performance and lifetime prediction of geosynthetics”,  4th European Conference on Geosynthetics, Edinburgh, September, Keynote paper.

Rowe R.K. (2007). “Advances and Remaining Challenges for Geosynthetics in Geoenvironmental Engineering Applications,” 23rd Manual Rocha Lecture, Soils and Rocks, 30(1) (3-30).

Rowe, R.K. (2005). “Long-term performance of contaminant barrier systems”, 45th Rankine Lecture, Geotechnique, 55 (9): 631-678.

FIELD STUDIES

Queen’s Experimental Liner Test Site

Brachman, R. W. I., Rowe, R. K., Take, W. A., Arnepalli, N., Chappel, M. J., Bostwick, L.E., Beddoe, R. (2007). “Queen’s composite geosynthetic liner experimental site,” 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, October, 2135-2142.

Take, W.A., Arnepalli, D.N., Brachman, R.W.I., and Rowe, R.K, (2007). “Laboratory and field calibration of TDR probes for water content measurement,” 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, October, 1865-1871.

Monitoring of wrinkles

Chappel, M.J., Brachman, R.W.I., Take, W.A. and Rowe, R.K. (2010). “Large-scale quantification of wrinkles in a smooth, black, HDPE geomembrane”, (submitted).

Chappel, M. J., Take, W. A., Brachman, R. W. I., Rowe, R. K (2008)) “A case study of wrinkles in a textured geomembrane on a slope,” Geoamericas 2008, Cancun, Mexico, March, 452-458.

Chappel, M. J., Brachman R. W. I., Take W. A., and Rowe R. K. (2007) “Development of a low altitude aerial photogrammetry technique to quantify geomembrane wrinkles”, Geosynthetics 2007, Proc. Environmental Conference, Washington, 293-300. [Winner, Best Student Paper, North American Geosynthetics Society].

Take W. A., Chappel, M. J., Brachman R. W. I. and Rowe R. K. (2007) “Quantifying geomembrane wrinkles using aerial photography and digital image processing”, Geosynthetics International,14(4), 219–227. Award for best paper published by Geosynthetics International 2007.

LABORATORY STUDIES

GCL Overlaps

Brachman, R.W.I., Joshi, P., Rowe, R. K., and Gudina, S. (2011).  "Physical response of geomembrane wrinkles near GCL overlaps", Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, March 2011, 1152-1161.

Queen’s Geosynthetic Liner Longevity Simulators (GLLS)

Rowe, R.K., Islam, M.Z., Brachman, R.W.I., Arnepalli, D.N. and Ewais, A. (2010). “Antioxidant depletion from an HDPE geomembrane under simulated landfill conditions”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 136:(7): 930-939.

Brachman, R. W. I., Rowe, R. K., Arnepalli, D. N., Dickinson, S., Islam, M. Z.,  and Sabir, A. (2008) “Development of an apparatus to simulate the ageing of geomembranes under chemical exposure, elevated temperatures and applied stresses”, Geoamericas S 2008, Cancun, Mexico, March, 444-451.

Effect of protection layers on strains in GMs with and without wrinkles under load and deformations in GCLs

Dickinson, S., Brachman, R.W.I. and Rowe, R.K. (2010). “Thickness and hydraulic performance of geosynthetic clay liners overlying a geonet”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 136(4): 552-561.

Brachman, R.W.I. and Gudina, S. (2008)  "Gravel contacts and geomembrane strains for a GM/CCL composite liner", Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 26(6): 448-459.

Brachman, R.W.I. and Gudina, S. (2008) “Geomembrane strains and wrinkle deformations in a GM/GCL composite liner”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes,
26(6):488-497.

Dickinson, S., Brachman, R.W.I. 2008. Assessment of alternative protection layers for a GM/GCL composite liner, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 45(11): 1594-1610.

Dickinson, S. and Brachman, R.W.I. (2006) “Deformations of a geosynthetic clay liner beneath a geomembrane wrinkle and coarse gravel”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 24(5): 285-298 [Winner, Best paper published in Geotextiles and Geomembranes in 2006].

Gudina, S. and Brachman, R.W.I. (2006) “Effect of boundary conditions on deflection of GM wrinkles in a GM/GCL composite liner”, 8th International Geosynthetics Conference, Yokohama, Japan, September,   255-258.

Gudina, S. and Brachman R. W. I. (2006) “Physical Response of Geomembrane Wrinkles overlying Compacted Clay”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 132(10): 1346-1353.

Double lined landfills

Brachman, R.W.I. and Sabir, A. (2007) “Preliminary assessment of the physcial response of a double composite GM/CCL liner”, 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, October, 2143-2148.

Diffusion of VOCs through GMs

McWatters, R. and Rowe, R.K. (2010). “Diffusive transport of VOCs through LLDPE and two Co-Extruded Geomembranes”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 136(9): 1167-1177.

Islam, M.Z. and Rowe, R.K. (2009) “Permeation of BTEX through unaged and aged HDPE geomembranes”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 135(8):1130-1140.

McWatters, R. and Rowe, R.K. (2009). “Transport of volatile organic compounds through PVC and LLDPE geomembranes from both aqueous and vapour phases”, Geosynthetics International, 16(6): 468-481.

McWatters, R. and Rowe R.K. (2009) “Transport of VOCs through a co-extruded geomembrane with a Nylon barrier”, Geosynthetics 2009, Salt Lake City, USA., 29-39. [Winner, Best student paper prize, North American Geosynthetics Society].

Islam, M.Z. and Rowe R.K. (2008) “Effect of geomembrane ageing on the diffusion of VOCs through HDPE geomembranes”, Geoamericas 2008, Cancun, Mexico, March, 459-467.

McWatters, R. and Rowe R.K. (2007). “Diffusive Migration of Volatile Organic Compounds through Geomembranes”, Geosynthetics 2007, Proceedings Environmental Conference, Washington, 106-120.

Service-life of GMs

Islam, M.Z., Gross, B.A. and Rowe, R.K. (2011). "Degradation of Exposed LLDPE and HDPE Geomembranes: A Review", Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, March 2011, 2065-2072.

Rowe, R.K., Islam, M.Z., Brachman, R.W.I., Arnepalli, D.N. and Ewais, A. (2010). “Antioxidant depletion from an HDPE geomembrane under simulated landfill conditions”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 136:(7): 930-939.

Rowe, R.K, Islam, M.Z. and Hsuan, Y.G. (2010). “Effect of thickness on the ageing of HDPE geomembranes”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 136(2):299-309. ( doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000207).

Rowe, R.K., Rimal, S., Arnepalli, D.N. and Bathurst, R.J. (2010). “Durability of fluorinated high density polyethylene geomembrane in the arctic” Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 28(1):100-107. (doi:10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.10.012)

Rimal, S. and Rowe, R.K. (2009). “Ageing of HDPE geomembranes in Jet Fuel A-1”, Geosynthetics International, 16 (6): 482-499.

Rimal, S. and Rowe, R.K. (2009) “Diffusion modelling of OIT depletion from HDPE geomembrane in landfill applications”,Geosynthetics International, 16(3):183-196.

Rowe, R.K. and Islam, M.Z. (2009) “Impact on landfill liner time-temperature history on the service life of HDPE geomembranes”, Waste Management, 29(10):2689-2699.

Rowe, R.K., Rimal, S. and Sangam, H.P. (2009) “Ageing of HDPE geomembrane exposed to air, water and leachate at different temperatures” Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 27(2) 131-151.

Rowe, R.K, Islam, M.Z., and Hsuan, Y.G. (2008) “Leachate chemical composition effects on OIT depletion in an HDPE geomembranes”, Geosynthetics International, 15 (2): 136-157.

Rowe, R.K. and Rimal, S. (2008) “Ageing and long-term performance of geomembrane liners", Geoamericas 2008, Cancun, Mexico, March, 425-434.

Rowe, R.K. and Rimal, S. (2008) “Ageing of HDPE geomembrane in three composite liner configurations”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 134(7), 906-916.

Rowe, R.K. and Rimal, S. (2008) “Depletion of antioxidant from HDPE geomembrane in a composite liner”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 134(1):68-78.

Islam, M.Z. and Rowe, R.K (2007) “Effect of HDPE geomembrane thickness on the depletion of antioxidants”, 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, October, 2129-2134.

Islam, M.Z. and Rowe, R. K (2007) “Leachate composition and antioxidant depletion from HDPE geomembranes”, Geosynthetics 2007, Proceedings Environmental Conference, Washington, January, pp147-159.

Shrinkage of GCLs

Joshi, P., Brachman, R.W.I.,  and Rowe , R.K. (2011) Heat-tacked overlap strength of four GCLs, 14th  Pan-American conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Toronto, October, paper #752 , CD-ROM, 7p.

Rowe, R.K., Bostwick, L.E. and Take, W.A. (2011). "Effect of GCL properties on shrinkage when subjected to Wet-Dry Cycles", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 137(11): 1019-1027.

Bostwick, L.E., Rowe, R.K., Take, W.A.  and Brachman, R.W.I. (2010) “Anisotropy and directional shrinkage of geosynthetic clay liners”, Geosynthetics International, 17(3): 157-170.

Brachman, R.W.I, Gudina, S.,   Rowe, R.K. and Take, W.A. (2010). “Adhesion from supplemental bentonite placed at GCL overlaps”, 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, September 2010,  pp. 1359-1364

Rowe, R.K., Bostwick, L.E. and Thiel, R. (2010). “Shrinkage characteristics of heat-tacked GCL seams”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 28(4):352-359.

Thiel, R. and Rowe, R.K. (2010). “Technical developments related to the problem of GCL panel shrinkage when placed below an exposed geomembrane”, 3rd International Symposium on GCLs,Würzburg, Germany, September 2010, pp. 93-102.

Rowe, R.K., Bostwick, L. and Thiel, R. (2009) “GCL Shrinkage and the potential benefits of heat-tacked GCL seam”, Geosynthetics 2009, Salt Lake City, USA., 10-18.

Take, W.A.,  Rowe, R.K., Munro, H., Kerr, A. and Schreiner, J. (2009) “Development of X-ray imaging techniques to investigate the internal shrinkage mechanism of GCLs”, Geosynthetics 2009, Salt Lake City, USA, 19-28.

Bostwick, L.E., Rowe, R. K, Take, W. A and Brachman, R. W. I (2008). “Observations of the dimensional stability of four GCL products under combined thermal and moisture cycles,” Geoamericas 2008, Cancun, Mexico, March , 435-443.

Bostwick, L. E., Rowe, R. K., Take, W. A., and Brachman, R. W. I. (2007). “The effect of sample size on shrinkage of a non-scrim reinforced GCL in laboratory tests,” 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, October, 2123-2128.

Moisture uptake of GCLs

Anderson,  R., Rayhani, M.T., and Rowe, R.K. (2012) Laboratory investigation of GCL hydration from clayey sand subsoil, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 31: 31-38

Rayhani, M.T. Anderson, R. and Rowe, R.K. (2011) GCL hydration from a clayey sand subsoil,  14th  Pan-American conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Toronto, October, paper #478 , CD-ROM, 8p.

Rayhani, M.T., Rowe, R.K., Brachman, R.W.I., Take , W.A. and Siemens, G. (2011). Factors Affecting GCL Hydration under Isothermal Conditions, Geotextiles and Geomembranes,29(6):525-533

Rowe, R.K. and Abdelatty, K. (2009). “Impact of the calcium uptake on the performance of GCLs in landfill covers”, International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Cairo, Egypt.

Rayhani, M.H.T. Rowe, R.K., Take, W.A., Brachman, R.W.I. and Siemens G. (2009) “Prototype Modeling of GCL Hydration and Shrinkage under Simulated Field Conditions”, Geosynthetics 2009, Salt Lake City, USA., 1-9.

Rayhani, M.H.T., Rowe, R.K. Brachman, R.W.I. Siemens, G. and Take, A. (2008) “Closed-system investigation of GCL hydration from subsoil”, 61st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, 324-328.

Water retention curve of GCLs

Beddoe, R.A., Take, W.A. and Rowe, R.K. (2011). "Water retention behaviour of geosynthetic clay liners", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 137(11): 1028-1038

Beddoe, R.A., Take, W.A. and Rowe, R.K. (2010). “Development of suction measurement techniques to quantify the water retention behaviour of GCLs”, Geosynthetics International, 17(5): 301 –312.

Southen, J. M. and Rowe, R. K. (2007). “Evaluation of the water retention curve for geosynthetic clay liners,” Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 25 (1):2-9.

Mining applications for geosynthetics

Abdelaal, F.B., Rowe, R.K., Smith, M. and Thiel, R. (2011) OIT depletion in HDPE geomembranes used in contact with solutions having very high and low pH,  14th  Pan-American conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Toronto, October, paper #483 , CD-ROM, 7p.

Brachman, R.W.I.,  Rowe , R.K.,  Irfan, H, and Gudina, S. (2011)  High-pressure puncture testing of HDPE geomembranes,  14th  Pan-American conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Toronto, October, paper #753 , CD-ROM, 7p.

Hosney, M.S. and Rowe, R.K. (2010). “GCLs for use in covers over arsenic-contaminated mine wastes”, 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, September 2010, pp. 1162-1169.

Lange, K., Rowe, R.K. and Jamieson, H. (2010). “The potential role of geosynthetic clay liners in mine water treatment systems”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 28(2):199-205.
 
Lange, K., Rowe, R.K.  Jamieson, H., Flemming, R.L., and Lanzirotti, A.  (2010). “Characterization of geosynthetic clay liner bentonite using micro-analytical methods”, Applied Geochemistry, 25(7):1056-1069.

DESICCATION OF CLAY LINERS

Azad, F., Rowe, R.K., El-Zein, A.  and Airey, D. (2011) Laboratory Investigation of Thermally Induced Desiccation of GCLs in Double Composite Liner Systems, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 29 (6):534-543.

Southen, J.M. and Rowe, R.K. (2011). Numerical modelling of thermally induced desiccation of geosynthetic clay liners observed in laboratory experiments, Geosynthetics International, 18 (5) 289-303

THEORETICAL MODELLING

Contaminant transport through composite liners

Rowe, R.K. (2010). “Role of GCL’s in controlling leakage through composite liners”, Keynote lecture, 3rd International Symposium on GCLs, Würzburg, Germany, September 2010, pp 3-13.

Rowe, R.K. and Hosney, M.S. (2010).  “A systems engineering approach to minimizing leachate leakage from landfills”, Theme lecture, 9th Int. Conf. on Geosynthetics, Guaruja, Brazil, May 2010, 501-510.

El-Zein, A. and Rowe, R.K. (2008). “Impact on groundwater of concurrent leakage and diffusion of DCM through geomembranes in landfill liners,” Geosynthetics International, 15(1): 55-71.

El-Zein, A. and Rowe, R.K. (2008). “Parametric study of the effect on groundwater quality of leakage of benzene and toluene through composite liners”, Euro-Geo 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

Rowe, R.K. and Arnepalli, D. (2008) “Modelling the effects of aging of geomembranes on contaminant transport and the long-term performance of landfill composite liners”, Theme lecture, 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Goa, India, 2334-2344.

Rowe, R.K. and Arnepalli, D. (2008) “The effects of landfill temperature on the contaminant transport through a composite liner”, 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Goa, India, 2398-2404.

Rowe R. K. and Abdelatty K.(2007) “Evaluation of two analytical equations for leakage through holes in composite liners,” 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, October, 1297-1302.

El-Zein, A. and Rowe, R.K. (2007). “Simultaneous leakage and diffusion of organic pollutants through damaged geomembranes,” Tenth International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, NUMOG X, Rhodes, Greece, April 2007, 297-301.

Effect of liner system configuration on temperature of secondary GM

Rowe, R.K. and Hoor A. (2009) “Predicted temperatures and service lives of secondary geomembrane landfill liners”, Geosynthetics International135(8):1130-1140.

Rowe, R.K and Hoor, A. (2007) “Temperature of secondary liners in municipal solid waste landfills”, Geosynthetics 2007, Washington, January, 132-146.

Systems for controlling  landfill liner temperatures

Hoor, A. and Rowe, R.K. (2011). "Application of Thermal Insulation in Landfill Liners", Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, March 2011, 1034-1044.

Rowe, R.K., Hoor, A. and Pollard, A. (2010). “Examination of a method for reducing the temperature of MSW landfill liners”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 136(8): 794-803.

Hoor, A., Rowe, R.K and Pollard, A.  (2008). “A method for reducing the temperature of landfill liners in MSW landfills”, Global Waste Management Symposium, September, Colorado, USA, CD Rom, 12p.

Rowe, R.K., Pollard, A. Chong, A. Chisholm, E., Toda, R. and Tomson, C. (2007). “Sustainable landfills – a technique for extracting heat to prolong service-life of geomembrane liners”, 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, October, 1310-1315.