Modelling of thermally induced desiccation of geosynthetic clay liners in double composite liner systems

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-38

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Double composite liner system; Geosynthetic clay liner; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE LINER SYSTEM; DESICCATION; EXOTHERMIC DEGRADATION; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILLS; INCINERATOR ASH; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MINERAL COMPONENT; MODEL PREDICTION; ORIGINAL MODEL; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; THERMALLY INDUCED DESICCATION; WELL WATER;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

CLAY LINER; COMPOSITE; DESICCATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; LANDFILL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84858726389     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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