Adaptation of the van Genuchten expression to the effects of temperature and density for compacted bentonites

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 575-582

  Jacinto, Abel Carlos ^a   Villar, María Victoria ^b   Gómez Espina, Roberto ^b   Ledesma, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

MX 80 bentonite; Retention curve; Temperature effects; THM analysis

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; CODES (SYMBOLS); CURING; FORECASTING; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER CONTENT;

CLOSED FORMS; COMPACTED BENTONITES; COMPUTER CODES; COUPLED PROCESSES; DRY DENSITIES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURES; EMPIRICAL LAWS; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; ISOCHORIC CONDITIONS; LIMITING VALUES; MX-80 BENTONITE; RETENTION CAPACITIES; RETENTION CURVE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; THM ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED SOILS; VALUE COEFFICIENTS; WATER RETENTION CAPACITIES; WATER RETENTION CURVES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BENTONITE; DRY DENSITY; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 56549119071     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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