No. 03.

09 – February 2009 Tunnel Waterproofing

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The Technical Material Characteristics of Sikaplan WP 2160-21 Felt 500 for the Project Perschling:

Sika at Work
Describtion Standards Combination product
Membrane1 without Membrane backed
geotextile with geotextile2

Raw Material: PVC-P PVC-P/ PP

Thickness incl. signal layer EN 1849-2 >= 2 mm not relevant

(DIN 16726-5.3, DIN 53352)

Elongation (cross & machine direction) ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2) >= 200% >= 60%

Tensile strength (cross & machine direction) ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2) >= 12 N/mm2 >= 1500N/50 mm
2
Flexibility (Section Elasticity Module E1-2) ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2) <= 20 N/mm not relevant

Burst strength/ /Multi-Axial-Elongation prEN 14151 (DIN 53861)/ Ø 1 m or >= 50% or >= 50% or
RVS 8T/ Ø 0.4 m >= 80% >= 80%

Low temperature behaviour/ No Cracks at -20°C EN 495-5 fulfile fulfile

2006 1968
Heat distortion Dimensional stability (6h/80ºC) DIN 16726-5.13 (SIA V280-4;EN1107-2) <= 2 % <= 3 %

Behaviour under hydrostatic pressure 10bar/10h EN 1928 (DIN 16726-5.11) no leakage not relevant

Thermal ageing (70d/70ºC) EN 1296 (SIA V280-8, DIN 16726-5.13) not relevant
Change of weight <= 2.0%
Change of elongation <= 10%

Behaviour after storage in warm water (8 month/ 50º C) SIA V280-13 (acc. to EN 14415 not relevant
Change of weight (DIN 53495, DIN 16726-5.18) <= 4 %
Change of elongation <= 10 %
No Cracks at -20°C fulfile

Long term compression strength, 48 h SIA V 280-14 no leakage at 7 N/mm2 not relevant

Impact resistance (500g)/ Dynamic perforation test: EN 12691 (SIA V280-15; DIN 16726-5.12) not relevant
No leakage at >= 750 mm

Behaviour after storage in H2SO3(5%) EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18) not relevant
Change of elongation 90d/23°C <= 10%

Behaviour after storage in Ca(OH)2(sat.) EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18) not relevant
Change of elongation 90d/23°C <= 10%
1983 2006
Behaviour after storage in NaCl(10%)/ Hydrolyse EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18) not relevant
Change of elongation 90d/23°C <= 10%
Change of weight <= 1%

Behaviour after storage in (5% Na2SO4 & 1% MgSO4)

Change of elongation
EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)
360d/30°C <= 10%
not relevant
Waterproofing Membranes for Gotthard
Micro-organism (6 month/29° C) SIA V 280-17 (EN 12225/DIN 53739) not relevant
Change of weight

Resistance to root penetration (cut & cover) prEN 14416 -2002

<= 6%

Pass not relevant

Base Tunnel (Switzerland) and
Peel strength between geotextile and membrane
(DIN 4062-4.7/ SIA V 280-11)

according EN 12316-2 not relevant >= 20 N/ 50 mm

Vienna-St. Pölten Railway Line (Austria)
Fire resistance Ö-Norm 3800-1 B1 B2

Behaviour of the welding seam at shearing DVS 2225-Part2/5 (EN 12317-2) break outside seam break outside seam
New Fixing Technologies with Geotextile Backed
Corporate Marketing / BU Contractors / 03.09 – February 2009 / HBr

1
PVC-P without DOP plasticizer, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection
2
PP-500 g/sqm, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection
Membranes
Waterproofing Membranes: Sikaplan® 14.6 Neat Felt 200
Sikaplan® WP 2160-21 Felt 500
Sika Services AG Our most current General Sales Conditions shall apply.
Corporate Business Unit Contractors Please consult the Product Data Sheet prior to any use and processing.
Speckstrasse 22
CH-8330 Pfäffikon
Switzerland
Phone +41 58 436 23 64
Fax +41 58 436 23 77
www.sika.com
Gotthard Base Tunnel Vienna-St. Pölten Railway Line Sika Products
The 57 km long Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland is the core piece Fixing discs (roundels) including a Hook & Loop tape are installed to The new high capacity Vienna-St.Pölten railway line is part of a larger 180.000 sqm of Sikaplan® WP 2160-21 Felt 500
of the first flat-country railway line crossing the Alps and it is sheduled provide adequate support and a close fit over the entire shotcrete scheme to upgrade the westbound axis (Westbahn) of the Austrian
to open in 2012. surface. The waterproofing membrane backed with a 200 g/sqm Rapid Railway System. The Perschling tunnel chain consists of three
PP geotextile is laid inside the tunnel as a contra part to the Hook & tunnels: Reiserbergtunnel: 1.3 km, Stierschweiffeldtunnel: 2.3 km Project Participants
The Consortium IGS under the overall management of Sika Bau AG/ Loop system with sufficient slack to prevent overstressing during and Raingrubentunnel: 2.7 km. The tunnels are bored by one of the „ Client: ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG
Zürich has taken the order for installation of a drained waterproofing concreting. strongest and biggest hard rock TBMs with a diameter of 13 m. „ Design: ILF (SMH)
membrane for the TBM-driven sections Bodio (16.5 km) and Faido „ Construction Company: Strabag AG
(15.1 km) including the multifunction area Faido. „ Membrane Applicator: STRABAG AG / Sub-Divison IP, Waterproofing
Sika Products Waterproofing Department
1.8 Mio. sqm of Sikaplan® 14.6 Neat Felt 200 (Neat System 216) The waterproofing system is installed by mechanised operation
Waterproofing scaffolding on pre-cast-concrete elements (Tubbings) with a joint Construction period: 2005 -2009
The waterproofing system is installed by mechanised operation scaffol- distance of approx. 2 cm. The waterproofing membrane backed with Installation period of the waterproofing: March/2007 - December/2008
ding on a shotcrete surface with a surface evenness of 10:1. To support Project Participants a 500 g/sqm PP geotextile, including one-side-geotextile-free welding
the optimal material characteristics (e.g. biaxial-elongation) to span „ Client: AlpTransit Gotthard AG stripe of 80-100 mm, is laid by hot-setting-glue-method.
joints, cracks, fissures and gravel pockets, a loosely laid (spot fixed) „ Project Management: AlpTransit Gotthard AG
plastic sealing membrane is recommended. „ Project Design + Site Management: Ingenieurgemeinschaft Gotthard-
Basistunnel Süd
„ Contractor: Consortium TAT, Lead Contractor: Zschokke Locher AG
„ Membrane Applicator: Consortium IGS, Lead Contractor: Sika Bau AG
Zürich; Commercial Management: Tecton AG
 No. 03.09 – February 2009 Tunnel Waterproofing
®
The Technical Material Characteristics of Sikaplan WP 2160-21 Felt 500 for the Project Perschling:

Sika at Work
Describtion Standards Combination product
Membrane1 without Membrane backed
geotextile with geotextile2

Raw Material: PVC-P PVC-P/ PP

Thickness incl. signal layer EN 1849-2 >= 2 mm not relevant

(DIN 16726-5.3, DIN 53352)

Elongation (cross & machine direction) ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2) >= 200% >= 60%

Tensile strength (cross & machine direction) ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2) >= 12 N/mm2 >= 1500N/50 mm
2
Flexibility (Section Elasticity Module E1-2) ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2) <= 20 N/mm not relevant

Burst strength/ /Multi-Axial-Elongation prEN 14151 (DIN 53861)/ Ø 1 m or >= 50% or >= 50% or
RVS 8T/ Ø 0.4 m >= 80% >= 80%

Low temperature behaviour/ No Cracks at -20°C EN 495-5 fulfile fulfile

2006 1968
Heat distortion Dimensional stability (6h/80ºC) DIN 16726-5.13 (SIA V280-4;EN1107-2) <= 2 % <= 3 %

Behaviour under hydrostatic pressure 10bar/10h EN 1928 (DIN 16726-5.11) no leakage not relevant

Thermal ageing (70d/70ºC) EN 1296 (SIA V280-8, DIN 16726-5.13) not relevant
Change of weight <= 2.0%
Change of elongation <= 10%

Behaviour after storage in warm water (8 month/ 50º C) SIA V280-13 (acc. to EN 14415 not relevant
Change of weight (DIN 53495, DIN 16726-5.18) <= 4 %
Change of elongation <= 10 %
No Cracks at -20°C fulfile

Long term compression strength, 48 h SIA V 280-14 no leakage at 7 N/mm2 not relevant

Impact resistance (500g)/ Dynamic perforation test: EN 12691 (SIA V280-15; DIN 16726-5.12) not relevant
No leakage at >= 750 mm

Behaviour after storage in H2SO3(5%) EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18) not relevant
Change of elongation 90d/23°C <= 10%

Behaviour after storage in Ca(OH)2(sat.) EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18) not relevant
Change of elongation 90d/23°C <= 10%
1983 2006
Behaviour after storage in NaCl(10%)/ Hydrolyse EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18) not relevant
Change of elongation 90d/23°C <= 10%
Change of weight <= 1%

Behaviour after storage in (5% Na2SO4 & 1% MgSO4)

Change of elongation
EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)
360d/30°C <= 10%
not relevant
Waterproofing Membranes for Gotthard
Micro-organism (6 month/29° C) SIA V 280-17 (EN 12225/DIN 53739) not relevant
Change of weight

Resistance to root penetration (cut & cover) prEN 14416 -2002

<= 6%

Pass not relevant

Base Tunnel (Switzerland) and
Peel strength between geotextile and membrane
(DIN 4062-4.7/ SIA V 280-11)

according EN 12316-2 not relevant >= 20 N/ 50 mm

Vienna-St. Pölten Railway Line (Austria)
Fire resistance Ö-Norm 3800-1 B1 B2

Behaviour of the welding seam at shearing DVS 2225-Part2/5 (EN 12317-2) break outside seam break outside seam
New Fixing Technologies with Geotextile Backed
Corporate Marketing / BU Contractors / 03.09 – February 2009 / HBr

1
PVC-P without DOP plasticizer, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection
2
PP-500 g/sqm, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection
Membranes
Waterproofing Membranes: Sikaplan® 14.6 Neat Felt 200
Sikaplan® WP 2160-21 Felt 500
Sika Services AG Our most current General Sales Conditions shall apply.
Corporate Business Unit Contractors Please consult the Product Data Sheet prior to any use and processing.
Speckstrasse 22
CH-8330 Pfäffikon
Switzerland
Phone +41 58 436 23 64
Fax +41 58 436 23 77
www.sika.com