Abstract:
Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs) offer engineers, owners and contractors safe and mostly economic solutions to everyday engineering challenges encountered particularly in hydraulic engineering applications and especially in the liquid and waste landfill barrier systems. These elements assure the durability of the structure and at the same time prevent leakage. Although still today most of the liquid containment facilities are composed of compacted clay liners and some asphalt or concrete paving, GCLs have slowly started to gain rapid acceptance in lakes, ponds and sewage lagoon projects. One of the use of this Geosynthetic product in a water containment pond at the recreation area in Homeros Valley, Bornova, Izmir is reported in this study. Some key parameters of GCLs and its comparison with similar products in the engineering field is stated. The paper ends with the field performance of GCLs using some other related case studies with an outlook on further developments.
