ISSN: 0149-6115
Published Online: 25 January 2006
Page Count: 6

Centrifuge Modeling of Solid Waste Landfill Systems—Part 1: Development of a Model Municipal Solid Waste

Indrasenan Thusyanthan, N
Research Fellow,University of Cambridge,

Gopal Madabhushi, SP
Senior Lecturer,University of Cambridge,

Singh, S
Nicholson Family Professor of Civil Engineering,Santa Clara University,CA,

(Received 3 November 2003; accepted 8 December 2005)

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a model waste that has physical properties similar to those reported by investigators for municipal solid waste (MSW). The model waste was developed using a mixture of peat, E-grade kaolin clay and fraction-E fine sand. Unit weight, compressibility, and shear strength characteristics of the model waste were experimentally determined and shown to match well with those reported for MSW.

Keywords:
municipal solid waste, modeling, centrifuge, landfills, seismic behavior

Paper ID: GTJ12299
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ12299
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