Landfill clay barrier subjected to cracking: Multi-scale analysis of bending tests

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-392

  Camp, S ^a,b   Gourc, J P ^a   Ple, O ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b GINGER   (France)

Author keywords

Bending; Clay; Field tests; Laboratory tests

Indexed keywords

BURSTING TEST; CLAY BARRIERS; CLAY MATERIALS; COMPACTION ENERGY; DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENTS; FIELD TEST; FIELD TESTS; FOUR-POINT; IN-FIELD; LABORATORY TEST; LANDFILL COVERS; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR WASTE;

LAND FILL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

BENDING TESTS;

BENDING; CLAY; CRACKING; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; FIELD METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77951093756     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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