Shear behavior of AN unreinforced geosynthetic clay liner

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 645-659

  Eid, H T ^a   Stark, T D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Geosynthetic clay liner; Shear box test; Shear rate; Slope; Stability; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BENTONITE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HYDRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL TESTING; SHEAR STRENGTH; TEXTURING;

GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINER (GCL); TORSIONAL RING SHEAR APPARATUS;

GEOTEXTILES;

BENTONITE; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINER; SHEAR;

GEOTEXTILES, CLAYLINER; TESTING, SHEAR;

EID: 0031412282     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.4.0109     Document Type: Article

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