Glay Geosynthetic Barriers (Hardcover, CD-ROM)

Preface /Helmut Zanzinger, Robert M. Koerner & Erwin Gartung -- 1 APPLICATION /CASE HISTORIES -- Geosynthetic clay liner performance in geotechnical applications /Georg Heerten -- Use and abuse of geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) in South Africa /Peter L. Davies & Kelvin R. Legge -- Design and application of the geomembrane supported GCL in one-product and encapsulated composite liner systems /Richard B. Erickson & Rick Thiel -- Installation of clay geosynthetic barriers under water ? three years of experience /Petra Fleischer & Michael Heibaum -- Investigation on the use of geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) as sealing element in railway substructures /Claus Gobel, Klaus Lieberenz, Steffen Großmann & Johann Horstmann -- Application of a newly developed double lining system /Peter Reither & Thomas Eichenauer -- An evaluation of geosynthetic clay liners to minimize geomembrane leakage caused by protrusions in subgrades and compacted clay liners /Dhani Narejo, Gregory Corcoran & Ron Zunker -- 2 DURABILITY /LIFETIME -- Durability and lifetime of polymer fibers with respect to reinforced geosynthetic clay barriers; i.e., reinforced GCLs /Y. (Grace) Hsuan & Robert M. Koerner -- Thermal oxidation of a polypropylene geotextile used in a geosynthetic clay liner /Richard W. Thomas -- Long-term shear testing of geosynthetic clay liners /Martina Thies, Constantin Gerloff, Werner Muller & Stefan Seeger -- Peel and shear test comparison and geosynthetic clay liner shear strength correlation /Kent P. von Maubeuge & Scott N. Lucas -- Long-term internal shear testing on clay geosynthetic barriers /Helmut Zanzinger & Newenka Alexiew -- Comparison of different shear tests for GCLs and the use of these data in design /Thomas Eichenauer & Peter Reither -- Chemical, mineralogical and physical characterization of bentonite for geosynthetic liner applications /William J. Miles -- Bentonite as sealing material in geosynthetic clay liners ? Influence of the electrolytic concentration, the ion exchange and ion exchange with simultaneous partial desiccation on permeability /Thomas A. Egloffstein -- Investigation of bentonite requirements for geosynthetic clay barriers /Kent P. von Maubeuge -- Gas migration through needle punched geosynthetic clay liners /Abdelmalek Bouazza, Thaveesak Vangpaisal & Fashiur Rahman -- Migration of leachate constituents through a geosynthetic clay liner by diffusion /Craig B. Lake & R. Kerry Rowe -- Use of GCLs to control migration of hydrocarbons in severe environmental conditions /H. Matt Li, Richard J. Bathurst & R. Kerry Rowe -- Internal erosion of GCLs placed directly over fine gravel /R. Kerry Rowe & Cristina Orsini -- Geomembrane leakage arising from broken needles with GCLs /George R. Koerner & Robert M. Koerner -- Modelling of the permeation through a landfill cap system including a geosynthetic clay liner with the modified HELP model /Norbert Markwardt -- Manufacturing of and the performance of an integrally-formed, polypropylene coated geosynthetic clay barrier /Scott N. Lucas -- Study of the hydraulic behaviour of geosynthetic clay liners subjected to a leachate infiltration /Laouni Gaidi & I. Alimi-Ichola -- 4 PERFORMANCE AND DESICCATION -- Hydraulic performance of geosynthetic clay liners some French laboratory test methods /Gerard Didier & Mohammad Al Nassar -- Experimental investigation of the influence of the pre-hydration of GCLs on the leakage rates through composite liners /Nathalie Touze-Foltz, Olivier Darlot & Madalena Barroso -- Two leak location surveys on geosynthetic clay liners /Ian D. Peggs -- Performance of geosynthetic clay liners in lysimeters /Werner Blumel, Antje Muller-Kirchenbauer, Ernst Reuter, Henning Ehrenberg & Kent P. von Maubeuge -- Desiccation behaviour of selected geosynthetic clay liners /G.L. Sivakumar Babu, Holger Sporer, Helmut Zanzinger & Erwin Gartung -- Long-term field test of a clay geosynthetic barrier in a landfill cover system /W. Ulrich Henken-Mellies, Helmut Zanzinger & Erwin Gartung -- Desiccation behaviour of composite landfill lining systems under thermal gradients /Jon M. Southen & R. Kerry Rowe -- Field studies and excavations of geosynthetic clay barriers in landfill covers /Stefan Melchior -- Laboratory tests on desiccation of geosynthetic clay liners /Holger Sporer & Erwin Gartung -- Examinations on the self-healing capacity of geosynthetic clay liners /Holger Sporer & Erwin Gartung -- 5 REGULATIONS -- Guidelines for environmental slope protection at infrastructure /Hans G. Rathmayer -- Performance of a needle punched geosynthetic clay liner in groundwater protection on roads in cold climate /Markus H. Sjoholm & Jyrki H. Hamalainen -- Laboratory studies for the development of a GCL /Benedito de Souza Bueno, Orencio Monje Vilar, Silvio Luis Palma & Vitor E. Pimentel -- Summary of clay geosynthetic barrier standards developed by the ASTM /Robert E. Mackey -- German recommendations on geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) in geotechnics and hydraulic engineering applications /Dirk Heyer, Fokke Saathoff & Helmut Zanzinger -- The use of clay geosynthetic barriers within the UK regulatory framework /Rob W. Marshall -- Author index -- Advertisements.