Natural smectitic soils for protective liners in arid climate

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-112

  Al Taie, Laith ^a,b   Pusch, Roland ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Compacted clay liner; Design; Hydraulic conductivity; Shear strength; Smectite; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DESIGN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIXTURES; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS;

COARSE MATERIALS; COMPACTED CLAY LINER; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SMECTITES; SWELLING PRESSURES; WATER SATURATED CONDITIONS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLAY LINER; CLAY SOIL; COMPACTION; CREEP; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; REPOSITORY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; SMECTITE; SWELLING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84910678210     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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