Geotechnics of waste management and remediation [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of sessions of Geocongress 2008, March 9-12, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana, sponsored by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers / / edited by Milind V. Khire, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Krishna R. Reddy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455313403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Va., : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2008
• ISBN: 0-7844-7225-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (875 p.)
• Collana: Geotechnical special publication ; ; no. 177
• Altri autori (Persone): KhireMilind V; AlshawabkehAkram N; ReddyKrishna R
• Disciplina: 628.4
• Soggetti: Environmental geotechnology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Waste Management""; ""Physical, Chemical, and Biological Aspects of Liners, Covers, and Waste""; ""Performance of Engineered Waste Containment Barriers""; ""An Innovative Ashfill Expansion at the Town of Babylon Landfill Site""; ""Analytical and Numerical Methodology for Modeling Temperatures in Landfills""; ""Capping a Toothpaste Landfill and Constructing a New Landfill on Top""; ""Dry Disposal of Bauxite Residues in Abandoned Mine Open Pits""; ""Studies on the Integrity of Clay-Rich Soil Liners for Cover Systems of Landfills""; ""Geofiber Reinforced Soil Liner for Waste Containment Systems""""Development of Predictive Soil-Atmosphere Models for Test Plots at the Questa Mine, New Mexico""; ""ET Covers: Construction and Tree Development Inside and Outside of Lysimeters""; ""Estimating Methane Emission and Oxidation from Earthen Landfill Covers""; ""Influence of the Waste Layer on Percolation Estimates for Earthen Caps Located in a Sub-Humid Climate""; ""Methane Oxidation on a Coverage Layer Study""; ""In-Situ Measurements of Pore Water Pressures in Landfilled Waste in Response to Liquids Addition""; ""Lab-Scale Liquid Injection Model of Bioreactor Landfill""""Permeability of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Bioreactor Landfill with Degradation""; ""The Influence of Leachate Recirculation and Air Flow on Aerobic Bioreactor Performance""; ""Characterization of Landfills in Central Asia by Means of Site Investigations and Landfill Simulation in Laboratory Bioreactors""; ""Geomechanical and Hydraulic Properties of Waste""; ""Geotechnical Properties of Municipal Solid Waste Subjected to Leachate Recirculation""; ""Laboratory Tests on Creep and Shear Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste and Mitigation of its Long-Term Subsidence""""Mechanical Properties of Municipal Solid Waste from Suzhou Landfill in China""; ""Municipal Solid Waste as a Reinforced Soil: Investigation Using Synthetic Waste""; ""Recent Findings on the Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste""; ""Stability of Slopes for Closure of Old Waste Dumps""; ""Geomechanics and Long-Term Landfill Settlement""; ""Estimation of the Mechanical Properties of MSW during Degradation in a Laboratory Compression Cell""; ""Experimental Analysis of Waste Compressibility""""Deformation of MSW Bioreactor Landfills: Properties and Analysis Approach""; ""The Impact of Degradation on MSW Shear Strength""; ""Application of a Morphologic Classification of Brazilian MSW""; ""Relationship between Classification and Shear Behavior of MSW""; ""Hydrogeological Characterization of Suzhou Landfill of Municipal Solid Wastes""; ""MBT Waste Used as a Capillary Barrier in a Sanitary Landfill""; ""The Influence of Landfill Gas on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Waste""; ""Variation of Fluid Conductivity with Settlement of Domestic Waste""