Three-dimensional finite-element analyses of seepage and contaminant transport through composite geosynthetics clay liners with multiple defects

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-42

  El Zein, Abbas ^a   McCarroll, Ingrid ^a   Touze Foltz, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Procédés biotechnologiques au service de l'environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Dichloromethane; Finite element method; Geosynthetic clay liners; Organic pollution

Indexed keywords

3D EFFECTS; ANALYSIS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CLAY LINERS; COMPOSITE LINER SYSTEM; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DEFECT ORIENTATION; DEFECT SIZE; DIFFUSION EFFECTS; DOWNSTREAM BOUNDARY; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; GEOSYNTHETICS; LEAKAGE RATES; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE DEFECTS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; STEADY-STATE FLOWS;

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DICHLOROMETHANE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMEMBRANES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RIVER POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLAY LINER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOSYNTHETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEAKAGE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84857665772     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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