Permeability of a bentonite-crushed granite rock mixture using different experimental techniques

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 747-758

  Mata, C ^a   Ledesma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Permeability

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CONSTANT HEAD TESTS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BENTONITE; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0142168050     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.8.747     Document Type: Article

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