Test Method Title
Standard Test Method for Determining Tensile Properties of Nonreinforced Polyethylene and Nonreinforced Flexible Polypropylene Geomembranes
Reference Number
ASTM D6693
Material
Geomembrane
Test Property
Yield and break tensile strength and elongation
Description of Test
This test method covers the determination of the tensile properties of nonreinforced geomembranes in the form of standard dumbbell-shaped test specimens when tested under defined conditions of pretreatment, temperature and testing machine speed.
Number of Test Specimens
5 machine direction 5 cross machine direction
Test Specimen Size
0.75" x 4.5" (Type IV) dogbone
Keywords
break, elongation, tensile, yield