Engineering behavior of sand bentonite mixtures and the influence of particle size of sand

Abstract

Sand bentonite mixtures are playing a greater role as geotechnical barrier materials in waste disposal schemes around the world Therefore a comprehensive understanding on the engineering behavior of a geotechnical barrier becomes a necessity Literature review indicated a host of variables influencing the engineering behavior of a barrier to various degrees including and not limited to mixing water content compaction effort mineralogy of the soil size and shape of particles interactions a