Theoretical investigation of the effects of consolidation on contaminant transport through clay barriers

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-116

  Lewis, T W ^a   Pivonka, P ^b   Smith, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clay barriers; Consolidation; Contaminant transport; Deforming porous media; Large deformation; Nonlinear constitutive relations

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; CONTAMINATION; DEFORMATION; IMPURITIES; POROUS MATERIALS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CLAY BARRIERS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DEFORMING POROUS MEDIA; LARGE DEFORMATION; NONLINEAR CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CLAY LINER; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; DEFORMATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 61449206311     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.708     Document Type: Article

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