Landfill settlement with decomposition and gas generation

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1311-1321

  Durmusoglu, Ertan ^a   Corapcioglu, M Yavuz ^b   Tuncay, Kagan ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Gas; Landfills; Mathematical models; Settlement; Solid wastes; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; POROSITY; SOLID WASTES; STOICHIOMETRY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GAS GENERATION; LANDFILL SETTLEMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES;

LAND FILL;

LANDFILL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27544435591     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:9(1311)     Document Type: Article

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