Mechanical properties of municipal solid waste

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 438-449

  Vilar, Orencio M ^a   Carvalho, Miriam De F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Catolica de Salvador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Landfill; Municipal solid waste; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIBILITY; DISPOSABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAND FILL; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION; LARGE SCALE TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

SOLID WASTES;

EID: 23844437032     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte11945     Document Type: Article

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