Properties of geosynthetics exhumed from a final cover at a solid waste landfill

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 536-546

  Benson, Craig H ^a   Kucukkirca, I Emre ^b   Scalia, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Shannon and Wilson Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Field condition; Geosynthetics; Landfill final cover; Reduction factor

Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; DURING CONSTRUCTION; FIELD CONDITIONS; GEOCOMPOSITE DRAINS; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; GEOSYNTHETICS; INSTALLATION DAMAGE; INTERFACE FRICTION; INTERFACE STRENGTH; MELT FLOW INDEX; OXIDATION INDUCTION TIME; PLANT ROOTS; REDUCTION FACTOR; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; TENSILE YIELD STRENGTH; TRANSMISSIVITY; UPPER SURFACE;

ADHESION; DEGRADATION; GEOMEMBRANES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURE; PERMITTIVITY; SOLID WASTES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

CLAY LINER; DEGRADATION; DRAIN; FILTRATION; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETICS; GROUND CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77957360307     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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