Settlement of bioreactor landfills during filling operation

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 163, 2007, Pages

  Hunte, Carlos ^a   Hettiaratchi, Patrick ^a   Meegoda, Jay N ^b   Hettiarachchi, Chamil H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor landfill; Compression Index; Stress; Unit weight; Waste settlement

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; PIPING SYSTEMS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS; COMPRESSION INDEX; UNIT WEIGHT; WASTE SETTLEMENT;

LAND FILL;

EID: 34548299654     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40907(226)6     Document Type: Article

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