Secondary compression of municipal solid wastes and a compression model for predicting settlement of municipal solid waste landfills

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 706-717

  Chen, Yunmin ^a   Ke, Han ^a   Fredlund, Delwyn G ^b   Zhan, Liangtong ^a   Xie, Yan ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Landfill; Landfill capacity; MSW; Municipal solid waste; Settlement; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; CALCULATION METHODS; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; COMPRESSION MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FILLING STAGE; LANDFILL CAPACITY; LEACHATES; LOADING SYSTEM; MSW; MULTI-STEP; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RECYCLING SYSTEMS; SECONDARY COMPRESSION; SETTLEMENT OF LANDFILLS; SITE OPERATIONS; TEST RESULTS;

BIODEGRADATION; CREEP; DEGRADATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPRESSION; DECOMPOSITION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77953341756     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000273     Document Type: Article

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