Swelling pressures of compacted bentonites from diffuse double layer theory

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-450

  Tripathy, Snehasis ^a   Sridharan, Asuri ^b   Schanz, Tom ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Clays; Compressibility; Expansive soils; Radioactive waste disposal; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

POSITIVE IONS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SWELLING;

BARRIER MATERIALS; DOUBLE LAYER THEORY; SWELLING PRESSURES;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; CLAY; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL MECHANICS; SWELLING;

EID: 7444220035     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T03-096     Document Type: Article

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