[PDF][PDF] Protecting the environment from contamination with barrier systems: advances and challenges

RK Rowe, S Jefferis - … of the 20th International Conference on Soil …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The state-of-the-art for barriers systems control of pollution migration and hydraulic
structures including liner systems for landfills, mine waste, and dams/lagoons are discussed …

Hydraulic performance of polymer-modified bentonites for development of modern geosynthetic clay liners: a review

S Keerthana, DN Arnepalli - International Journal of Geosynthetics and …, 2022 - Springer
Smectite-based geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) are popularly employed as hydraulic
barriers due to their low permeability and high swelling capacity. The exposure of GCLs to …

Hydraulic conductivity, microstructure, and compositional changes of sand–bentonite backfill in cutoff walls exposed to organic acids

XL Fu, ZY Jiang, KR Reddy, K Ruan… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Leachate, consisting of organic acids such as acetic acid (AA) and oxalic acid (OA),
commonly is released into groundwater from municipal solid waste dumps and uncontrolled …

Effect of incineration ash leachates on the hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners

C Wireko, T Abichou, K Tian, B Zainab, Z Zhang - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to evaluate the hydraulic conductivity (k) of six bentonite-polymer
composite (BPC) geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) using five synthetic municipal solid waste …

Investigating factors influencing polymer elution and the mechanism controlling the chemical compatibility of GCLs containing linear polymers

C Wireko, T Abichou - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2021 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to investigate (1) physicochemical factors that influence polymer
elution from GCLs containing a blend of bentonite and linear (water-soluble) polymer (LPB …

Hydraulic conductivity and multi-scale pore structure of polymer-enhanced geosynthetic clay liners permeated with bauxite liquors

X Chen, Y Tan, J Chen, D Peng, T Huang… - Geotextiles and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to investigate the multi-scale pore structure-based mechanism
controlling the hydraulic conductivity of polymer-enhanced geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) …

Prediction of hydraulic conductivity of sodium bentonite GCLs by machine learning approaches

D Li, Z Jiang, K Tian, R Ji - Environmental Geotechnics, 2023 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Six machine learning methods (linear regression, logistic regression, extreme gradient
boosting (XGBoost), support vector machine, K-nearest neighbours and artificial neural …

Effect of effective stress on hydraulic conductivity of bentonite–polymer geosynthetic clay liners to coal combustion product leachates

D Li, B Zainab, K Tian - Environmental Geotechnics, 2021 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the hydraulic conductivity of five geosynthetic clay
liners (GCLs) permeated with four synthetic coal combustion product (CCP) leachates (ionic …

Mechanisms controlling the hydraulic conductivity of anionic polymer-enhanced GCLs

A Norris, J Scalia IV… - Geosynthetics …, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The hydraulic conductivity (k) of specimens of enhanced-bentonite geosynthetic clay liners
(EB-GCLs) comprising anionic polymers permeated with two concentrated salt solutions …

Influence of polymer enhancement on water uptake, retention and barrier performance of geosynthetic clay liners

ZC Lau, A Bouazza, WP Gates - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper explores the influence of polymer enhancement on water uptake and retention by
geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) across a wide suction range (up to 10 6 kPa), including the …