Compressibility and hydraulic conductivity of clayey soil mixed with calcium bentonite for slurry wall backfill: Initial assessment

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-127

  Fan, R D ^a   Du, Y J ^a,b   Reddy, Krishna R ^c   Liu, S Y ^a   Yang, Y L ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfill; Bentonite; Compression; Cutoff wall; Hydraulic conductivity; Soil bentonite

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BACKFILL; CLAYEY SOILS; CUTOFF WALL; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; SLURRY WALLS; SOIL BENTONITE;

BENTONITE;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; CALCIUM; CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION; CUTOFF WALL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KAOLIN; LIQUID LIMIT; SANDY SOIL; SLURRY; VOID RATIO; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84908360609     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2014.07.026     Document Type: Article

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