A hydro-bio-mechanical model for settlement and other behaviour in landfilled waste

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-246

  McDougall, John ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Constitutive modelling; Hydro bio mechanical modelling; Landfill hydraulics; Waste mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DECOMPOSITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLYSIS; MOISTURE; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

HYDRO-BIO-MECHANICAL MODELLING; LANDFILL HYDRAULICS; WASTE MECHANICS;

LAND FILL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LANDFILL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 34547791720     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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