An experimental investigation on the hydraulic fracturing of compacted clays - by Jihad Najib Bu-Ghanim

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dc.contributor.authorBu-Ghanim, Jihad Najib
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Engineering and Architecture
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date1987
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-13T06:40:20Z
dc.date.available2012-06-13T06:40:20Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.descriptionThesis (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."
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 275-278.
dc.description.abstractHydraulic 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
dc.format.extent2 v. (xxvii, 278, 282 leaves) : ill. cm.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/4357
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofTheses, Dissertations, and Projects
dc.subject.classificationET:003357 AUBNO
dc.subject.lcshHydraulic fracturing
dc.subject.lcshClay
dc.titleAn experimental investigation on the hydraulic fracturing of compacted clays - by Jihad Najib Bu-Ghanim
dc.typeThesis

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