Found 501 results.

Getting the most out of GeoNashville 2021 and looking toward 2023

October 1, 2021

…Downtown Nashville. Photograph courtesy of Crackerclips, ID 81868104, Dreamstime.com GeoNashville, Nov. 4–5, 2021, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., is just around the corner. This face-to-face…

Read More

Fall Lobby Day, GeoNashville and Geosynthetic Materials Association Executive Council happenings

October 1, 2021

…Connections,” planned to be the first chance post-COVID lockdowns to get back together face-to-face. The industry has stepped up to consume all the exhibit space, and the regional engineering, agency…

Read More

Hybrid geosynthetic clay liners for attenuation of PFAS in landfill leachates

October 1, 2021

…2014). Coals are classified according to their age. Lignite, or brown coal, is the youngest type of coal followed by subbituminous, bituminous and anthracite. The origin and age of the…

Read More

Geosynthetics for CCR, PFAS and energy applications

October 1, 2021

…be blended with the bentonite. The scope of the development included a requirement to ensure the enhanced GCL retained the mechanical and hydraulic properties of a traditional GCL, namely retention…

Read More

Next-generation geogrid installed under a paved road

October 1, 2021

…Installing the InterAx geogrid. Photograph courtesy of Tensar International In April 2021, Rantoul Foods in Rantoul, Ill., was undergoing an expansion of its building and grounds. A daily,…

Read More

Residual strength of a geosynthetic clay liner

October 1, 2021

…for the residual case (Figures 1 and 2, and Tables 2–4). The GCL is proposed for use in a landfill cell with ultimately a maximum of 98 feet (30 m)…

Read More

New anchorage and connection strength tests for geosynthetics

October 1, 2021

…erosion control; and (f) long-term soil consolidation. AGS can be used not only on slopes, but also for canals, channels and levees. FIGURE 2 Lab geosynthetics connection test Anchored geosynthetic…

Read More

Energy industries use HDPE liners for flowback water evaporation/recycling ponds

October 1, 2021

…flowback water annually generated from the oil and gas industry in an environmentally safe, less costly and efficient manner. A technology that is effective and safe is the evaporation or…

Read More

Using bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners to contain CCR leachates

October 1, 2021

…and Edil, T. (2018). “Hydraulic conductivity of compacted soil liners permeated with coal combustion product leachates.” Jour. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(4), 04018011. Bittner, A., Kondziolka, J., and Benson,…

Read More

Measuring strain in geosynthetics

October 1, 2021

…Q: Currently, what is the best-known method to measure strains in geosynthetics? We are having arguments between results generated from crosshead movement and extensometers. A: This question arises…

Read More