A coupled model for prediction of settlement and gas flow in MSW landfills

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1169-1190

  Yu, L ^a   Batlle, F ^a   Lloret, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical formulation; Gas flow; Laplace transform; Municipal solid waste landfill; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMBINED EFFECT; COUPLED MODELS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GAS FLOW; GAS FLOW MODEL; GAS FLOWS; GAS POLLUTION; GAS PRESSURES; LONG TERM SETTLEMENT; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MSW LANDFILLS; MULTI-LAYERED; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATING CONDITION; SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT BEHAVIORS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF GASES; FORECASTING; GASES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

BIODEGRADATION; DEFORMATION; GAS FLOW; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956137972     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.856     Document Type: Article

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