Comprehensive overview of numerical modeling of coupled landfill processes

SF Lu, SJ Feng - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Landfilling is the primary method used for municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal. To design,
optimize, and manage landfills with a life span of several decades, a deeper understanding …

Masses and size distributions of mechanically fragmented microplastics from LDPE and EPS under simulated landfill conditions

X Lu, H He, Y Wang, Y Guo, X Fei - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Landfills contain significant amounts of plastic waste (PW) and microplastics (MPs).
However, the contributions of various PW fragmentation processes to the quality and …

Global void ratio of municipal solid waste for compression indices estimation

X Pi, X Fei, Y Wang, X Sun, Y Guo - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Compressibility is one of the important engineering properties of municipal solid waste
(MSW) affecting the stability and functionality of a landfill. Although the correlations between …

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 …

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 …

A thermo-hydro-mechanical-biochemical coupled model for landfilled municipal solid waste

K Li, YM Chen, WJ Xu, LT Zhan, DS Ling, H Ke… - Computers and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid development of urbanization in China has generated large amounts of municipal
solid waste (MSW), which can contribute to certain dangers in landfills, such as liner …

Biochemical, hydrological and mechanical behaviors of high food waste content MSW landfill: Numerical simulation analysis of a large-scale experiment

K Li, W Xu, Y Chen, L Zhan, H Ke, H Xu, D Xiao - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The complex process of thermal-hydro-mechanical-biochemical (THMBC) coupled
degradation in high food waste content (HFWC) municipal solid waste (MSW) is the main …

Interpretation of mechanical and biodegradation behaviour of municipal solid waste

R Zhao, A Zhou, YP Yao - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
An advanced constitutive model for MSW (municipal solid waste) is proposed in this study to
consider biodegradation and overconsolidation jointly based on sub-loading surface …

Evolution of municipal solid waste structure over time: Compaction and settlement effects

JL Hanson, JT Cox, N Yesiller - Environmental Geotechnics, 2021 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This investigation was conducted to analyse the evolution of waste structure over time in a
landfill environment. Detailed knowledge of weight–volume relationships is required for …

The case for examining fluid flow in municipal solid waste at the pore-scale–A review

S Muaaz-Us-Salam, PJ Cleall… - Waste management & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we discuss recent efforts from the last 20 years to describe transport in
municipal solid waste (MSW). We first discuss emerging themes in the field to draw the …