Construction and repair of irrigation canals based on converged technologies

Abstract

The irrigation network is the main hydraulic structure that performs the function of transporting irrigation water to irrigated lands. Channels built in the last century have a high physical and moral wear, requiring a decision on how to restore. It is proposed to use a composite of materials consisting of a concrete web and a geomembrane. The combination of these materials due to their characteristics can reduce the construction process due to the ease of installation and ease of materials, as well as completely eliminate the filtration of water from the channel, which is also a serious problem. The proposed technology is good because it uses the best qualities of each material to obtain an effective coating of the irrigation channel. The use of this technology provides a significant economic effect due to the saving of facing material in the amount of 5 percent of the total area of laying the concrete web, taking into account the cost of geomembrane.