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 …

Understanding the mechanisms that control the hydraulic and semipermeable membrane
behavior of enhanced bentonites (EBs), which comprise natural montmorillonite amended …

Most of the experimental research conducted to date has provided evidence on the
semipermeable membrane behaviour of smectite-rich clay soils, the extent of which is …

The swelling pressure and transport properties of bentonites are controlled by the electric
charge density of solid particles, which is commonly estimated from the laboratory …

The most recent advancements of the research activity that has been carried out at the
Polytechnic University of Turin since the 1990s are presented, with a focus on the design …

A natural sodium bentonite was tested in the laboratory to measure its reflection coefficient,
ω, in equilibrium with mixed aqueous solutions of sodium chloride (NaCl) and potassium …

Although conservative estimates of the containment performance of bentonite-based
barriers can be obtained from the classical advective-diffusive transport theory, the …

Available experimental evidence on the permeability of enhanced bentonites, which
comprise natural smectitic clays amended with polymers or organic compounds, has been …

Osmosis is known to play a key role in reducing the transport rate of contaminants through
the natural and engineered clay barriers that are used for a number of geoenvironmental …

The present thesis is composed of two parts. The first part presents the chemo-mechanical
effect on the volumetric and shearing behaviour of saturated soil as a continuum. The …