Effect of gas on pore pressures in wet landfills

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 553-561

  Merry, Scott M ^a   Fritz, Wolfgang U ^b   Budhu, Muniram ^c   Jesionek, Krzyszof ^d  

^a KLEINFELDER   (United States)

^b NCS Consultants LLC   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas; Landfills; Municipal wastes; Pore pressure; Stress

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER;

HYDROSTATIC DISTRIBUTION; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; MUNICIPAL WASTES; PORE FLUID;

LAND FILL;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LANDFILL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GAS; PERMEABILITY; STRESS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33645827806     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:5(553)     Document Type: Article

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