Predicted temperatures and service lives of secondary geomembrane landfill liners

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-82

  Rowe, R K ^a   Hoor, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geomembranes; Geosynthetics; Secondary liners; Service life; Temperature; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

GEOMEMBRANES; LAND FILL; SERVICE LIFE; TEMPERATURE;

COMPOSITE LANDFILL; COMPOSITE LINER; GEOSYNTHETICS; LANDFILL LINER; LANDFILL OPERATIONS; LIFE SPAN; MSW LANDFILLS; SECONDARY LINER;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPOSITE; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETICS; LANDFILL LINER; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

FLOW RATE; GEOMEMBRANE; HEAT TREATMENT; LINER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 67651003285     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2009.16.2.71     Document Type: Article

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