Evaluation of Decomposition Effect on Long-Term Settlement Prediction for Fresh Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 2
Abstract
A considerable amount of settlement occurs due to the decomposition of municipal solid waste (MSW) in landfills over a period of years. Therefore, the effect of biological decomposition governs the long-term settlement characteristics of municipal solid waste landfills. In this study, we investigated the long-term settlement characteristics by applying a number of prediction methods to fresh MSW sites and predicting the settlement curves. Most proposed methods, excluding the power creep law, successfully predicted long-term settlement only if accelerated logarithmic compression due to decomposition of biodegradable MSW was included in the settlement prediction.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 2 • February 2002
Pages: 107 - 118
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 5, 1999
Accepted: May 17, 2001
Published online: Feb 1, 2002
Published in print: Feb 2002
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