Stability assessment of ten large landfill failures

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 103, 2000, Pages 1-38

  Koerner, Robert M ^a   Soong, Te Yang ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Earth Tech Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOMEMBRANES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOISTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOLID WASTES;

STABILITY ASSESSMENT;

LANDFILL LININGS;

EID: 0033713472     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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