Liquid flow through composite liners due to geomembrane defects: Analytical solutions for axi-symmetric and two-dimensional problems

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 455-479

  Touze Foltz, N ^a   Rowe, R K ^b   Duquennoi, C ^c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Defect; Geomembrane; Leakage; Wave; Wrinkle

Indexed keywords

CLAY LINER; FLUID FLOW; GEOSYNTHETICS; LANDFILL LINER;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETICS;

EID: 0033360841     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.6.0160     Document Type: Article

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