Geosynthetic Design Tools
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Online Design Tools Tailored for Liner Barrier Design & Geotechnical Applications
Once inside the GeoKonect platform, members can gain access to a comprehensive suite of design analysis tools tailored for engineers, stakeholders, and regulators in liner barrier design and geotechnical engineering applications.
The design tools offered within GeoKonect can be used by engineers to validate and cross-check their designs, and simple PDF printouts for individual designs can be inserted into the project files for reference later.
Leakage Rate Calculator
The leakage rate calculator uses accepted industry methodologies for calculating potential leaks through a liner system.
Calculating leakage rates is crucial for environmental compliance, pollution prevention, risk assessment and drainage design.
The calculator assesses site parameters such as hydraulic head, defect size and liner intimate contact, and helps engineers ensure regulatory compliance, assess containment system effectiveness, mitigate risks, minimise financial losses, and safeguard surrounding communities from hazardous substance migration.
Geocomposite Design
The geocomposite design calculator uses industry-recognised techniques to simplify and optimise the design of geocomposite systems for site conditions.
The design tool allows engineers and environmental professionals to input site-specific design parameters to calculate the required transmissivity for functioning leak detection or leachate collection systems.
The calculator assists in selecting an appropriate geocomposite drainage system by comparing the transmissivity capabilities of individual products with the site-specific flow requirements.
Soil Veneer Analysis
The soil veneer design tool assists engineers in the design of safe and stable soil cover layers compacted over lining systems on slopes, for waste and water containment facilities.
The design tool allows for design optimisation, ensuring the soil veneer above lining systems can maintain stability under the proposed design parameters and function effectively over the long term.
The design tool helps to ensure regulatory compliance by mitigating the risk of liner system failures which could lead to environmental contamination and costly remedial works.
Anchor Trench Design
The anchor trench design tool assists engineers with designing anchor trenches that are adequate to resist wind suction forces for geosynthetic lining systems installed on the slopes of waste and liquid containment facilities.
By using industry methodologies and allowing users to input parameters such as soil type, slope angle, and wind speed, the design tool can rapidly generate site-specific anchor trench designs that will resist wind uplift and liner pull-out.
The design software enables engineers to design anchor trenches in accordance with industry guidelines for lining systems ensuring regulatory compliance and reducing the risk of liner system failures.
Wind Uplift & Ballasting Design Tool
The design software allows for quick evaluation and optimisation of ballast design for wind uplift of geomembrane liners.
The design software will help engineers understand the impact of wind suction on their exposed geomembrane and will assist in site-specific ballast design.
By using industry techniques, the design tool will help optimise ballast requirements, reducing the risk of uplift or tearing from suction forces, and ensuring a longer lifespan.