Over the past decade, geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) have gained widespread popularity
as a substitute for compacted clay liners in cover systems and composite bottom liners. They …

This paper summarizes the basic concepts and mechanisms related to the durability of
HDPE geomembranes and discusses the factors influencing the service life of …

Les résultats d'essais de perméabilité en laboratoire et in situ peuvent servir à prédire le
débit de fuite total d'un tapis d'étanchéité en sol bentonite ou en argile. Cette prédiction …

The protection of groundwater and surface water from contamination by the escape of
contaminant from waste disposal is now an important consideration in many countries of the …

Concluding the trilogy on geological materials in construction, this authoritative volume
reviews many uses of clays, ranging from simple fills to sophisticated products …

This paper introduces the development and implementation of a multiphysical model to
simulate the coupled hydro-thermo-mechanical processes in freezing unsaturated porous …

A three-dimensional nonlinear soil-structure interaction analysis is simulated in time domain
in order to evaluate the behavior of a nuclear reactor building under different earthquake …

Taguchi approach, which is an offline quality control optimization technique, was combined
with grey relational analysis (GRA) in this study to evaluate its effectiveness to optimize …

Site characterisation and in situ test interpretation have been evolving from basic empirical
recommendations to a sophisticated area demanding a thorough knowledge of material …

This paper introduces an analytical solution for the axisymmetric consolidation of
unsaturated soils subjected to constant external loading. The analytical procedure employs …