Workability, compressibility and hydraulic conductivity of zeolite-amended clayey soil/calcium-bentonite backfills for slurry-trench cutoff walls

Engineering Geology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2015, Pages 258-268

  Du, Y J ^a   Fan, R D ^a   Liu, S Y ^a   Reddy, K R ^b   Jin, F ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Compressibility; Cutoff wall; Hydraulic conductivity; Soil bentonite backfill; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CALCIUM; COMPRESSIBILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KAOLIN; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; ZEOLITES;

CUTOFF WALL; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; KOZENY-CARMAN EQUATION; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SOIL BENTONITE SLURRY TRENCH CUTOFF WALLS; SOIL-BENTONITE BACKFILLS; SORPTIVE CAPACITIES;

SOILS;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; CALCIUM; CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSIBILITY; CUTOFF WALL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; VOID RATIO; ZEOLITE;

EID: 84934766197     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.06.020     Document Type: Article

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