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Bentonite has been an essential component of geosynthetic clay liners due to its low hydraulic conductivity, which has been used as a barrier against hazardous pollutants in landfills. During the drying and wetting processes caused by high temperatures and leachate in landfills, the hydro-structural characteristics of bentonite vary as the moisture content change. This article investigates the effect of dry density and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) content on the soil shrinkage characteristic curve (SSCC), the soil free-swelling characteristic curve (SFSCC), the soil water characteristic curve (SWCC), and microstructure of bentonite during the drying and wetting processes. Experimental results indicate that the addition of MWCNTs can slow down the volume variation of bentonite at the normal shrinkage stage and at the initial swelling stage and improve the water retention capacity in the low suction range. Meanwhile, reducing bentonite’s dry density can increase the void ratio during drying, decrease the void ratio during wetting, and improve the water retention capacity in the low suction range. Dry density and MWCNTs content both have no influence on the SSCC at the residual shrinkage stage and the zero shrinkage stage, the SFSCC at the residual swelling stage, and the SWCC at the high suction range.

Effects of MWCNTs content and dry density on hydro-structural characteristics of bentonite during drying and wetting