Reliability of state of practice for selection of shear strength parameters for waste containment system stability analyses

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-262

  Sabatini, Paul J ^a   Griffin, Leslie M ^a   Bonaparte, Rudolph ^a   Espinoza, R David ^a   Giroud, J P ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b JP Giroud Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay; Geomembrane; Landfill; Reliabity analysis; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

WASTE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; LANDFILL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0036698275     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-1144(02)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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