An experimental investigation on the hydraulic fracturing of compacted clays - by Jihad Najib Bu-Ghanim
Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing has been realized to cause excessive leakage in earth dams which could eventually lead to catastrophic failure .Hydraulic fracturing seems to occur when the effective stresses become tensile and equal to the tensile strength of th
Description
Thesis (M.E.)-- American University of Beirut. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1987.;"Advisor: Lutfi Raad, -- Members of Committee: Raja Iliya, Professor, Civil Engineering Mohamad Harajli, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering."
Bibliography: leaves 275-278.
Bibliography: leaves 275-278.