Shear strength of municipal solid waste

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 709-722

  Bray, Jonathan D ^a   Zekkos, Dimitrios ^b   Kavazanjian Jr , Edward ^c   Athanasopoulos, George A ^d   Riemer, Michael F ^a  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AZ 85281   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic properties; Laboratory tests; Landfills; Municipal wastes; Shear strength; Solid wastes; Stress strain relations

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FRICTION; LABORATORIES; LAND FILL; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; SOLID WASTES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TESTING; TRIBOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

A-PLANE; CONFINING STRESS; CYCLIC DEGRADATIONS; DIFFICULT MATERIAL; DIRECT SHEAR; DYNAMIC PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC SHEAR STRENGTH; FIBROUS MATERIAL; FIELD CAPACITY; FRICTION ANGLES; LABORATORY TEST; LABORATORY TESTING; LABORATORY TESTS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MSW LANDFILLS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL WASTES; NORMAL STRESS; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; PORE-PRESSURE GENERATION; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SHEARING MODE; SIMPLE SHEAR TEST; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STATIC STRENGTH; STRESS PATHS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONS; STRESS-STRAIN; TESTING PROGRAMS; UNIT WEIGHT; WASTE COMPOSITION;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

ESTIMATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66349138172     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000063     Document Type: Article

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