Consolidation and hydraulic conductivity of nine model soil-bentonite backfills

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1189-1198

  Yeo, Sang Sik ^a,b   Shackelford, Charles D ^b   Evans, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfills; Bentonite; Consolidation; Containment; Cutoffs; Hydraulic conductivity; Slurries; Slurry walls

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; COMPRESSION TESTING; CONSOLIDATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; PLASTICITY; SLURRIES; SOILS;

BACKFILL MIXTURES MODELS; BACKFILLS; CONTAINMENT; CUTOFFS; SLURRY WALLS;

EXCAVATION;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; CONSOLIDATION; CUTOFF WALL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 26844570571     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:10(1189)     Document Type: Article

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