A miniature cone for measuring the slump of soil-bentonite cutoff wall backfill

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 373-380

  Malusis, Michael A ^a   Evans, Jeffrey C ^a   McLane, Michael H ^b   Woodward, Nikki R ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aegis Property Group   (United States)

^c KLEINFELDER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfill; Cutoff wall; Laboratory testing; Slump; Soil bentonite; Vertical barriers

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL; CUT-OFF WALLS; CUTOFF WALL; FIELD TESTING; LABORATORY TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SB BACKFILLS; SLUMP; SOIL-BENTONITE; SOIL-BENTONITE CUTOFF WALL; VERTICAL BARRIERS; SOIL BENTONITE; SOIL-BENTONITE BACKFILLS; SOIL-BENTONITE CUTOFF WALLS; THREE MODELS; VERTICAL BARRIER; WALL BACKFILL;

BENTONITE; EMBANKMENT DAMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS; STANDARDS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); SOIL TESTING;

STANDARDIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

BACKFILL; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); BENTONITE; CUTOFF WALL; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL PROPERTY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 52949134476     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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