Clay membrane testing using a flexible-wall cell under closed-system boundary conditions

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-58

  Kang, Jong Beom ^a   Shackelford, Charles D ^b  

^a Engineering Analytics Inc   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemico osmosis; Clay membranes; Flexible wall cell; Geosynthetic clay liner; Membrane efficiency; Semipermeable membranes

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; BENTONITE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLAY MINERALS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; HYDRAULICS; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; SODIUM; SOILS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

CHEMICO-OSMOSIS; CLAY MEMBRANES; FLEXIBLE-WALL CELL; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINER; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CELL MEMBRANES;

BENTONITE; CLAY LINER; CLAY SOIL; GEOSYNTHETICS; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 62349110852     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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