Surface fractal dimension of bentonite and its application to determination of swelling properties

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-356

  Xu, Y F ^a,b   Sun, De'an ^b   Yao, Yangping ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; DEFORMATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SWELLING;

SWELLING STRAIN;

FRACTALS;

EID: 0043093820     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(03)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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