Shrinkage characteristics of heat-tacked GCL seams

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-359

  Rowe, R Kerry ^a   Bostwick, Laura ^a   Thiel, Richard ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Thiel Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

GCL; Seam strength; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC WETTING AND DRYING; EXTREME CONDITIONS; GCL; LABORATORY TEST; SEAM STRENGTH; SHRINKAGE CHARACTERISTIC; SHRINKAGE TEST; TRANSVERSE SHRINKAGE; WET-DRY CYCLE;

SHRINKAGE;

CLAY LINER; GEOSYNTHETICS; SHRINKAGE; STRENGTH; WETTING;

DRYING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOMEMBRANE; SEAM; SHRINKAGE; STRENGTH; WETTING;

EID: 77952289720     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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