A novel laboratory technique to determine the water retention curve of geosynthetic clay liners

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 313-322

  Abuel Naga, H ^a   Bouazza, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geosynthetic clay liner; Geosynthetics; Geotextiles; Triaxial cell; Unsaturated geomaterials; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; GEOTEXTILES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NEEDLES; SOIL TESTING; THERMOCOUPLES; WETTING;

GEOMATERIALS; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; GEOSYNTHETICS; TRIAXIAL CELLS; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

CLAY LINER; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTEXTILE; MOISTURE CONTENT; TESTING METHOD; TRIAXIAL TEST; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 77957376518     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 17517613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2010.17.5.313     Document Type: Article

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