Physical, geotechnical and biochemical behaviours of municipal solid waste in field and laboratory bioreactors

Y Xie, J Xue, CT Gnanendran, K Xie - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effects of degrees of compaction (initial dry unit weights),
recirculation liquid and rate, and environmental temperature on the long-term physical …

Geoenvironmental issues in high-food-waste-content municipal solid waste landfills

Y Chen, W Xu, L Zhan, H Ke, J Hu, H Li, P Ma… - Journal of the Indian …, 2021 - Springer
The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) has increased significantly in developing
countries. Landfilling is the commonly used treatment for the disposal of MSW. The MSW …

Numerical modeling of coupled biochemical and thermal behavior of municipal solid waste in landfills

G Kumar, KR Reddy, J McDougall - Computers and Geotechnics, 2020 - Elsevier
A coupled bio-thermal (BT) model is proposed and validated for the prediction of long-term
biochemical and thermal behavior of municipal solid waste (MSW) in landfills. The …

Extensive database of MSW shear strength parameters obtained from laboratorial direct shear tests: Proposal for data classification

LVP Daciolo, N de Souza Correia, MEG Boscov - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
For the design of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills, especially in the initial stages of the
project, shear strength parameters are often selected from published results or literature …

A systematic assessment of aeration rate effect on aerobic degradation of municipal solid waste based on leachate chemical oxygen demand removal

J Ma, L Liu, Q Xue, Y Yang, Y Zhang, X Fei - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Aeration is one mainstream technique to accelerate municipal solid waste (MSW)
degradation in landfills. The determination of an appropriate aeration rate is critical to the …

Comprehensive coupled thermo-hydro-bio-mechanical model for holistic performance assessment of municipal solid waste landfills

G Kumar, KR Reddy - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive coupled thermo-hydro-bio-mechanical (CTHBM) model is proposed to
simulate the coupled interactions between the hydraulic, mechanical, biochemical, and …

Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Geotechnical and Settlement Behaviours of Municipal Solid Wastes with a Special Reference to Mugga Lane Landfill

Y Xie - 2022 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
The increase in waste disposal increases the demand for better design, construction,
operation and management of landfills. A common method to accelerate the decomposition …

Developing a regional scale construction and demolition waste landfill landslide risk rapid assessment approach

H Wu, Q Yong, J Wang, W Lu, Z Qiu, R Chen, B Yu - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, construction and demolition waste (CDW) landfills landslide accidents have
occurred globally, with consequences varying due to surrounding environmental factors …

Modeling elasto-visco-bio-plastic mechanical behavior of municipal solid waste in landfills

G Kumar, KR Reddy, C Foster - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents a mechanical model for the prediction of short-term and long-term
settlement of municipal solid waste in landfills. The load-induced volumetric compression …

A constitutive model for municipal solid waste considering mechanical creep and biodegradation-induced compression

W Gao, E Kavazanjian Jr - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
A constitutive model is developed to describe the stress–strain–time behavior for
decomposing municipal solid waste (MSW) within a critical state soil mechanics framework …