State-of-the-art report: GCL shear strength and its measurement

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-175

  Fox, P J ^a   Stark, T D ^b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bentonite; Durability; Geosynthetic clay liner; Geosynthetics; Landfill; Shear strength; Shear test; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENTONITE; CLAY PRODUCTS; DURABILITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LAND FILL; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS;

GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINER; GEOSYNTHETICS; SHEAR TEST; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

CLAY LINER; GEOSYNTHETICS;

CLAY LINER; DURABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOSYNTHETICS; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRENGTH; TESTING;

EID: 17044423512     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.11.3.117.44484     Document Type: Review

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