Compressibility and shear strength of municipal solid waste under short-term leachate recirculation operations

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 578-587

  Reddy, Krishna R ^a   Gangathulasi, Janardhanan ^a   Parakalla, Naveen S ^a   Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan ^b   Bogner, Jean E ^c   Lagier, Thomas ^d  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b Lawrence Technological Univ   (United States)

^c Landfills + Inc   (United States)

^d Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioreactor landfills; Cohesion; Compaction characteristics; Compressibility; Friction angle; Leachate recirculation; Moisture content; Municipal solid waste (MSW); Shear strength

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS; COHESION; FRICTION ANGLE; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW);

ADHESION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); DEGRADATION; FRICTION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LABORATORIES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOLID WASTES; STANDARDS; TESTING; TRIBOLOGY;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDRAINED TEST;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EXHUMATION; GRAVIMETRY; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; PRESSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 68649122866     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09103825     Document Type: Article

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