Numerical characterization of advective gas flow through GM/GCL composite liners having a circular defect in the geomembrane

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1661-1671

  Abuel Naga, Hossam M ^a   Bouazza, Abdelmalek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clay liners; Defects; Gas flow; Geomembranes; Landfills; Leakage

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BENTONITE; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW SIMULATION; GASES; GEOMEMBRANES; GEOTEXTILES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LAND FILL; LANDFILL LININGS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CIRCULAR DEFECTS; CLAY LINERS; COMPOSITE LINER; GAS FLOW; GAS FLOWS; GAS LEAKAGE RATE; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; LAYERED SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE FLOW; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NUMERICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRESSURE LOSS; SECOND LAYER; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

ADVECTION; BENTONITE; CLAY LINER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECT; GAS FLOW; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETICS; INTERFACE; LANDFILL LINER; LEAKAGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REINFORCED EARTH;

EID: 70350426374     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000116     Document Type: Article

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