Laboratory investigation of thermally induced desiccation of GCLs in double composite liner systems

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 534-543

  Azad, Farzad M ^a   Rowe, R Kerry ^b   El Zein, Abbas ^a   Airey, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Double composite liner system; Geosynthetic clay liner; Laboratory tests; Thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE LINER SYSTEM; DESICCATION; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY TESTS; LAYER THICKNESS; PER UNIT; PERMEABILITY TEST; SELF-HEALING; SUBSOIL WATER; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMALLY DRIVEN; THERMALLY INDUCED DESICCATION; TIME LAG;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

CLAY LINER; COMPOSITE; CRACKING; DESICCATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; LABORATORY METHOD; SUBSOIL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 82555172410     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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