Large-scale direct shear testing of municipal solid waste

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1544-1555

  Zekkos, Dimitrios ^a   Athanasopoulos, George A ^b   Bray, Jonathan D ^c   Grizi, Athena ^b   Theodoratos, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINING STRESS; DIRECT SHEAR; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; FIBROUS MATERIAL; FRICTION ANGLES; GAIN INSIGHT; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; LOADING RATE; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NORMAL STRESS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SHEAR RESPONSE; SHEAR SURFACES; STRESS-DISPLACEMENT; TEST RESULTS; UNIT WEIGHT; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE MATERIALS;

FRICTION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOLID WASTES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

COHESION; FRICTION; LANDFILL; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSION; ENERGY; LANDFILL; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE STRESS; WEIGHT;

CITIES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MATERIALS TESTING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; WASTE PRODUCTS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953622617     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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