Towards a fundamental model to predict the settlements in bioreactor landfills

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 130-142, 2005, Pages 3851-3865

  Hettiarachchi, C H ^a   Meegoda, J N ^a   Hettiaratchi, J P ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY INDEX; LANDFILL GEOMETRY; SETTLEMENT PREDICTION; TIME DEPENDENT WASTE PROPERTIES;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPING SYSTEMS; SOLID WASTES;

LAND FILL;

EID: 17044384503     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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