Standard Test Method for
Index Puncture Resistance of Geomembranes and Related
Products1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4833; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This test method is used to measure the index puncture
resistance of geomembranes and related products.
1.2 The use of Test Method D 4833 may be inappropriate
for testing some woven geotextiles or related products which
have large openings, such as geonets and geogrids.
1.3 It is recommended that geotextile and geotextile related
products be tested using Test Method D 6241.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard. The values provided in inch-pound units are for
information only.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate
safety and health practices and determine the applicability
of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards: 2
D 76 Specification for Tensile Testing Machines for Textiles
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
D 1776 Practice for Conditioning and Testing Textiles
D 2905 Practice for Statements on Number of Specimens
for Textiles
D 4354 Practice for Sampling of Geosynthetics for Testing
D 4439 Terminology for Geosynthetics
D 6241 Test Method for the Static Puncture Strength of
Geotextiles and Geotextile-Related Products Using a
50-mm Probe
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 atmosphere for testing geotextiles, n— air maintained
at a relative humidity of 65 6 5 % and a temperature of 21 6
2°C (70 6 4°F).
3.1.2 geomembrane, n—very low permeability synthetic
membrane liners or barriers used with any geotechnical engineering
related material so as to control fluid migration in a
man-made project, structure, or system.
3.1.3 index test, n—a test procedure which may contain a
known bias but which may be used to establish an order for a
set of specimens with respect to the property of interest.
3.1.4 puncture resistance (F), n—the inherent resisting
mechanism of the test specimen to the failure by a penetrating
or puncturing object.
3.2 For definitions of other terms relating to geosynthetics
used in this standard, refer to Terminology D 4439.
