...Hanrui Zhao; Dong Li; Monica P. Benavides; Kuo Tian This study investigated the water uptake and water retention behaviour of bentonite-polymer (B-P) geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) from subsoils. The B-P GCLs tested in this study contain linear polymer (B-LP) and crosslinked polymer (B-CP...

...Jiannan Chen, PhD; Sarah A Gustitus, PhD; Hai Lin, PhD; Craig H Benson, PhD, PE, DGE, BCEE, NAE The interface shear strength between bentonite–polymer composite (BPC) geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) and textured geomembrane (GM) was compared with the interface shear strength between conventional...

...Weijuan Geng, PhD; Hulya Salihoglu, PE; William J Likos, PhD; Craig H Benson, PhD, PE, NAE The hydraulic conductivity of geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) containing bentonite–polymer composites (BPCs) is controlled by a pore clogging mechanism related to the swelling of sodium bentonite (NaB...