Geomembrane puncture and strains from stones in an underlying clay layer

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-343

  Brachman, R W I ^a   Sabir, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay liner; Geomembrane; Landfill; Puncture; Strain; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; BURIAL DEPTHS; CLAY LAYERS; CLAY LINER; CLAY LINERS; CLAY SURFACES; CLAY WATER CONTENT; COMPACTED CLAY LINER; GRAVEL PARTICLES; LOCAL INDENTATION; LOWER LIMITS; PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS; PROTECTION LAYERS; PUNCTURE; SHORT-TERM TEST; STRAIN LIMIT; VERTICAL STRESS;

ELASTICITY; GEOMEMBRANES; LAND FILL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

TENSILE STRAIN;

CLAY LINER; GEOMEMBRANE; GRAVEL; LANDFILL; PRESSURE EFFECT; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

CLAY LINER; GEOMEMBRANE; POLYPROPYLENE; PRESSURE; STRAIN; STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 77952291756     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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