GCL & bentonite · 2011
GCL hydration under simulated daily thermal cycles
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Research overview
Laboratory study of hydration of three GCLs subjected to daily thermal cycles over different subsoils. Shows that cycling can substantially limit equilibrium water uptake under the tested conditions.
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- Authors
- R. Kerry Rowe, M. T. Rayhani, W. A. Take, G. Siemens, R. W. I. Brachman
- Publication year
- 2011
- DOI
- 10.1680/gein.2011.18.4.196
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