August 2018 Vol. 5

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Global Geosynthetics Industry News
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Performance Assessment of the HDPE-Lined Uranium Tailings Repository (Declassified)
https://www.sandia.gov/caps/monticello.htm

Landfill Liner Design Upgrade (Declassified)
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-07/documents/cti_consulting_wdi_public_hearing_presentation.pdf

New Innovations in the NAUE Geosynthetics Product Range are Bentofix® X and Secugrid® HS
https://constructionreviewonline.com/2018/07/naue-geosynthetics/

IAGI Seeking Sponsorship for Gepmembrane Welding Competitions
https://www.iagi.org/geogames-sponsorship

Contractor Wins Award for Construction of New Tailing Dam at the Rosebery Tin Mine in Tasmania
http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/pr-article/tasmanian-civil-contractors-federation-2018-earth-awards/

Enhanced Flow Geocomposite Draintube™ Presentation
Afitex-Texel – Located in Sainte-Marie, Quebec, the Company Transforms Basic Textiles into High Performing Geosynthetics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlFpaMfELN0

Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Geosynthetic Clay Liners Subjected to Thermal Dehydration
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jenge.17.00035

List of Accepted Full Papers for 11ICG 2018 (as of 12.08.2018) (Declassified)
http://www.11icg-seoul.org/data/11ICG_accepted_full_papers.pdf

Tensar Develops Geosynthetic Calendar
http://www.tensarcorp.com/News-Events/Events

Methane Hotspot Localization and Visualization at a Large-scale Landfill: Effective tool for landfill gas management (by Prof. Malek Bouazza)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479718308831

Performance Evaluation of Ballast-Subballast Interface Stabilized with Geogrids
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-97115-5_182

Electrokinetic Nondestructive in-situ Technique for Rehabilitation of Liners Damaged by Fuels
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389418306733

Effect of Liquid Type on the Hydraulic Characteristic of Compacted Local Geomaterials for Use as Hydraulic Barriers
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-89707-3_51

The Stability of Tailings Dams under Dry-Wet Cycles [PDF]
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/8/1048/pdf

A Case Study of Slope Failure During Construction of an Open Pit Mine
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cgj-2017-0662

Concrete Mat Cloth for Slope Protection
http://concretematcloth.com/photo/html/?24.html

Concrete Mat Cloth for BUND WALL LINING
http://concretematcloth.com/photo/html/?30.html

The Influence of Geotextile Type and Position in a Porous Asphalt Pavement System on Lead Removal from Stormwater
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201808.0185/v1


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