Research Article

The Compressibility and Swell of Mixtures for Sand-Clay Liners

Table 5

Data of swell percent and swelling pressure for the bentonite sand mixtures.

Clay contentMixture FormCcCsSwell %Swell pressure kN/m2Dry density kN/m3m.c

5% (S R1)Form A 0.0362 0.5167 1.55 95 1.75 0
10% (S R2)Form A 0.0986 0.5182 4.57 175 1.75 0
15% (S R3)Form A 0.1883 0.5198 8.23 200 1.75 0