Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Volume 2: Towards a Sustainable Geoenvironment

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Pozzolanic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) Fly Ash Under the Actions of Three Different Activators  (Ping Chen, Xiao-qing Ding, Hao Zheng, Hui Xu)....Pages 3-9
 Incorporating Thermal Effects in Modeling of MSW Landfills  (Girish Kumar, Kevin Kopp, Krishna R. Reddy, James L. Hanson, Nazli Yeşiller)....Pages 10-17
 Improving the Slope Stability of Municipal Solid Waste Dumps Using Reinforced Soil Berms: A Case Study  (A. Agarwal, M. Datta, G. V. Ramana, R. Satyakam)....Pages 18-25
 Slope Stabilization and Capacity Expansion at Tianziling Landfill in Hangzhou, China  (Liangtong Zhan, Jiwu Lan, Wei Li, Yunmin Chen)....Pages 26-34
 Cyclic Simple Shear Testing of Degraded Municipal Solid Waste from California Under Constant Volume and Constant Load Conditions  (Xunchang Fei, Dimitrios Zekkos)....Pages 35-42
 Measuring Soil Strain Using Fibre Optic Sensors  (Susanga Costa, Gayan Kahandawa, Jian Chen, Jianfeng Xue)....Pages 43-50
 Effect of Landfill Odorous Gas on Surrounding Environment: A Field Investigation and Numerical Analysis in a Large-Scale Landfill in Hangzhou, China  (Siliang Shen, Qiao Wang, Yunmin Chen, Xinru Zuo, Feiyu He, Shuangke Fei et al.)....Pages 51-59
 Balance Between Cover Resistance and Pump Capacity for Designing Vertical Gas Wells  (Qi-Teng Zheng, R. Kerry Rowe, Shi-Jin Feng)....Pages 60-67
 A New Consolidation Model for Unsaturated High-Kitchen-Waste-Content MSW  (Ke Li, Wenjie Xu, Yunmin Chen)....Pages 68-76
 Leachate Properties of the Stabilized MSW Incineration APC Residues in Pilot-Scale Mono-landfill  (Junjie Qiu, Hua Zhang, Siyuan Yu, Liming Shao, Pinjing He)....Pages 77-84
 Influence of Atmospheric Pressure on Methane Emissions from Earthen Landfill Covers  (T. Wu, L. T. Zhan)....Pages 85-92
 An Analytical Model for Methane Oxidation and Migration in Double-Layer Landfill Biocover  (Shi-Jin Feng, Zhang-Wen Zhu, Hong-Xin Chen)....Pages 93-100
 Effects of Leachate Concentration (Na+, Pb2+, COD) on Non-Darcy Flow of Compacted Clay  (Shengwei Wang, Wei Zhu, Haoqing Xu, Shi Shu, Xihui Fan)....Pages 101-108
 Opening of an Environmentally Friendly Landfill of Non-hazardous Industrial Waste as Support for Closing an Uncontrolled Waste Landfill  (Ernest Olinic, Tatiana Olinic)....Pages 109-117
 Installation and Performance of Horizontal Wells for Leachate Level Control in Tianziling MSW Landfill, China  (Jie Hu, Han Ke, Zu Yu Chen, Ji Wu Lan, Liang Tong Zhan, Yun Min Chen)....Pages 118-126
 Model Uncertainties in Long-Term Settlement Prediction of Landfill Waste  (Yuekai Xie, Jianfeng Xue, Carthigesu T. Gnanendran)....Pages 127-134
 Temperature Variation Under the Consideration of Convection and Heat Generation in Landfills  (Hao Lei, Jianyong Shi, Xun Wu)....Pages 135-144
 Experimental Study on the Compression and Pore Characteristics of Undisturbed Loess Polluted by Landfill Leachate  (Shicheng Xu, Haijun Lu, Dinggang Li, Jixiang Li, Weiwei Wang)....Pages 145-153
 Landfill Storage Capacity Analysis Method by Considering Foundation Settlement and Its Application  (Hai-Long Liu, Zhuo-Fei Wu, Yu-Chao Li)....Pages 154-161
 Experiment on Monitoring Leakage of Landfill Leachate Through Electrical Resistivity Tomography  (Ping Yang, Yao-hui Liu)....Pages 162-169
 Monitoring of Biogas from Two Covers of Lysimeters Filled with Municipal Solid Waste  (Caio Satoshi Misawa, Marina Mostiack Pomaleski, Rafael Souza Rodrigues dos Santos, Miriam Gonçalves Miguel)....Pages 170-177
 Landfilling of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Wastes: Geotechnical and Environmental Considerations  (Ricardo C. de Abreu, Jonathan E. Fourrier)....Pages 178-185
 Dependency of Landfill Gas Generation Parameters on Waste Composition Based on Large-Size Laboratory Degradation Experiments  (Sampurna Datta, Dimitrios Zekkos)....Pages 186-193
 Laboratory Measurements of K0 of Municipal Solid Waste  (Pengbo Yuan, Edward Kvazanjian Jr., Wenwu Chen)....Pages 194-201
 Triaxial Tests to Characterize the Shear Strength Behavior of Mechanical Biological Treatment Waste in Hangzhou, China  (Zhenying Zhang, Wenqiang Guo, Yingfeng Wang, Yuxiang Zhang, Hui Xu, Dazhi Wu et al.)....Pages 202-209
 Research on Water Retention Characteristics and Pore Size Distribution of Landfilled Municipal Solid Waste  (Wenjie Zhang, Lu Lv)....Pages 210-216
 Numerical Simulation of Failure Process of Buildings Under the Impact of Flow Slide  (Shi-Jin Feng, Hong-Yu Gao, Hong-Xin Chen)....Pages 217-223
 Numerical Simulation of Bioreactor Landfills Subjected to Aeration Using CFD  (An-Zheng Li, Shi-Jin Feng, Ben-Yi Cao)....Pages 224-230
 Impact of Moisture Mobility on Compression Characteristics of MSW Through Soil Structure Measurements  (M. V. Shah, Abhijit J. Brahmbhatt)....Pages 231-238
 A Constitutive Model for the Stress-Strain-Time Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste  (Wu Gao, Edward Kavazanjian Jr.)....Pages 239-247
 Estimation of Strength Parameters of Solid Waste Materials by Corn Penetration and Spiral Pile Pull Out Tests  (Shimon Ideguchi, Kiyoshi Omine, Satoshi Sugimoto)....Pages 248-254
 Geotechnical Engineering Properties of Solidified Sludge in Qizishan Landfill Site, China  (Weian Lin, Kaixi An, Yunmin Chen, Liangtong Zhan)....Pages 255-262
 Investigation of Construction and Demolition Waste, A Case Study in Deqing, China  (Min Xia, Shuai Zhang, Liangtong Zhan)....Pages 263-270
 Stability Enhancement of Landfills on Sloping Ground Using Earthen Berms at the Toe  (Abinash Mahanta, Manoj Datta, Gunturi Venkata Ramana)....Pages 271-278
Front Matter ....Pages 279-279
 Equivalent Design and Evaluation of the Liner System for a Hazardous Waste Landfill Vertical Expansion  (Xuede Qian, Te-Yang Soong, Xianda Zhao, Hang Shi)....Pages 281-290
 Assessment of Backfill Hydraulic Conductivity in an Instrumented Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Wall  (Landon C. Barlow, Michael A. Malusis)....Pages 291-299
 Estimation of Vertical Barrier Performance Based on Microbial Improvement  (Yu Zhang, Lingling Pan, Wang Fei, Zhu Ning, Qiang Tang)....Pages 300-307
 Identifying Active Methanotrophs and Mitigation of CH4 Emissions in Landfill Cover Soil  (Raksha K. Rai, Jyoti K. Chetri, Stefan J. Green, Krishna R. Reddy)....Pages 308-316
 Compressibility of Four Types of Granular Bentonite Materials  (Guoliang Ma, Huyuan Zhang, Zhenyan Su)....Pages 317-325
 Effect of Powder Particle Size on the WRC of GMZ Bentonite  (Bao Chen, Yiyi Huang, Kang Zhang, Chilong Li)....Pages 326-334
 Applications of Geomembrane Cutoff Walls in Remediation of Contaminated Sites  (Xuede Qian, Zhonghua Zheng, Zhi Guo, Changqing Qi, Liqi Liu, Yong Liu et al.)....Pages 335-342
 Influence of Pore Distribution Characteristics on Relative Hydraulic Conductivity in Soil Covers—A Pore-Scale Numerical Investigation  (Guangyao Li, Liangtong Zhan, Sheng Dai)....Pages 343-350
 Prediction of Vegetation-Induced Soil Suction Using Numerical Modelling and AI  (M. Indu Priya, Ankit Garg, S. Sreedeep, Ajit Sarmah, Nik Norsyahariati Nik Daud)....Pages 351-358
 Laboratory Study of the Detection of Metal Contaminated Clay Layer Using Four-Electrode Resistivity Cone  (Ya Chu, Songyu Liu, Guojun Cai, Hanliang Bian, Lei Xu)....Pages 359-366
 Study on Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling Behaviors of Buffer Material  (Shengfei Cao, Yuemiao Liu, Jingli Xie, Like Ma)....Pages 367-375
 Vane Shear Tests to Evaluate in Situ Stress State of a Soil-Bentonite Slurry Trench Wall  (Jeffrey C. Evans, Yu-Ling Yang, Daniel G. Ruffing)....Pages 376-384
 Study on Soil-Water Characteristic Curves of Unsaturated Silty Clay of an Old Landfill Cover  (Zhan-hong Qiu, Zan-cheng Zhu, Qiao Wang, Hai-jian Xie, Chenxi Zhao)....Pages 385-390
 Analysis of Consolidation Processing of Piezocone Penetration Test in Cutoff Wall  (Xuepeng Li, Guojun Cai, Songyu Liu, Yuchao Li)....Pages 391-396
 Testing of Leachate Levels at a Landfill with Multiple Intermediate Covering Layers  (Haijie He, Jiwu Lan, Yunming Chen, Pengcheng Ma)....Pages 397-403
 A Simplified Third-Type Inlet Boundary Condition Solution for Contaminate Transport Through Slurry Cut-off Walls  (Guan-Nian Chen, Yu-Chao Li, Han Ke)....Pages 404-412
 Accumulated Vertical Strain Without Confining Pressure for Compacted Bentonite Due to Hydration Effort  (Tomoyoshi Nishimura, Junichi Koseki)....Pages 413-420
 Chemical Compatibility of CMC-Treated Bentonite Under Heavy Metal Contaminants and Landfill Leachate  (R.-D. Fan, S.-Y. Liu, Y.-J. Du, Krishna R. Reddy, Y.-L. Yang)....Pages 421-429
 Durability of Alkali-Activated Slag - Bentonite Cutoff Wall Exposed to Sodium Sulfate and Pb-Zn Solution  (Haoliang Wu, Jing Ni, Luo Zeng, Mengyu Huang, Yanjun Du)....Pages 430-439
 Experimental Study on Swelling Property and Gas Flow in a Compacted Bentonite-Sand Sample  (Hong-Yang Ni, Jiang-Feng Liu, Jing-Na Guo, Xu-Lou Cao, Shuai-Bing Song)....Pages 440-445
 Fluid Indicator Test (FIT) for Screening the Hydraulic Conductivity of Enhanced Bentonites to Inorganic Aqueous Solutions  (A. Norris, J. Scalia, C. Shackelford)....Pages 446-453
 Gas Breakthrough of Compacted Bentonite/Sand-Argillite Interfaces  (Shuai-Bing Song, Jiang-Feng Liu, Xu-Lou Cao, Yong-Gui Chen, Hong-Yang Ni, Jia-Rui Zhang et al.)....Pages 454-460
 Hydraulic Conductivity and Sorption Capacity of Special Barrier Materials in Inorganic Solutions  (Evelina Fratalocchi, Jonathan Domizi, Francesco Mazzieri)....Pages 461-469
 Hydraulic Conductivity of Modified Bentonites After Wet and Dry Cycles  (M. De Camillis, G. Di Emidio, A. Bezuijen, R. D. Verastegui-Flores)....Pages 470-480
 Inducing Hydrophobicity to Improve Long Term Engineering Performance of Kaolinite Clay  (Aisha M. S. Haquie, Megan L. Hart)....Pages 481-488
 Influence Factors of Swelling Characteristics of GMZ Bentonite  (Yufeng Gao, Yuemiao Liu, Jingli Xie, Shengfei Cao, Like Ma, Qiang Tong)....Pages 489-496
 Laboratory Investigation of Anisotropic Shrinkage of HLW Buffer Block: An Attempt Using Digital Image Correlation Method  (Huyuan Zhang, Yu Tan, Dongjin He, Gang Luo)....Pages 497-505
 Modeling Solute Transport Through Geosynthetic Clay Liners Permeated with Inorganic Solutions  (Francesco Mazzieri, Evelina Fratalocchi)....Pages 506-514
 Permeability Control of Compacted Landfill Liners and Covers  (Belkacem Moussai)....Pages 515-520
 Research on the Sealing Ability of Saturated Compacted Bentonite/Sand Mixture  (Xu-Lou Cao, Jiang-Feng Liu, Wen-Bo Bao, Si-Qi Ye, Jing-Na Guo, Ji Huang)....Pages 521-528
 Salinity and Clay Mineralogy Effects on Consolidation Behavior of Pure Clays  (Tongwei Zhang, Yongfeng Deng, Haocheng Xue, Xingjun Zhang, Shijun Wang)....Pages 529-536
 Sorption of Lead to Slurry Trench Cutoff Wall Backfills Comprised of SHMP-Amended Ca-Bentonite  (Yu-Ling Yang, Krishna R. Reddy, Yan-Jun Du, Ri-Dong Fan)....Pages 537-543
 Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Bentonite: Revisit of Microstructure Effects  (Tian Chen, Majid Sedighi, Andrey Jivkov, Suresh C. Seetharam)....Pages 544-550
 A Prediction Method for Swelling Deformation of Bentonite and Its Sand-Mixtures in Salt Solution  (G. S. Xiang, Y. Wang)....Pages 551-557
 Hydraulic Conductivity of Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Walls Constructed at the Ground Containing Cement Stabilized Soil  (Atsushi Takai, Kazuki Yamaguchi, Toru Inui, Takeshi Katsumi)....Pages 558-566
 Impact of Heavy Metals on Consolidation Properties of Bentonite  (Saswati Ray, Bismoy Roy Chowdhury, Anil Kumar Mishra, Ajay S. Kalamdhad)....Pages 567-574
 Influences of Effective Confining Stresses on the Chemical Compatibility of Backfills for Soil-Bentonite Cut-off Walls  (Haoqing Xu, Wei Zhu, Shengwei Wang, Shi Shu, Xihui Fan)....Pages 575-582
 Effects of Soil Fabric on the Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Clay with Reference to the Crack Formation in Landfill Barriers  (Q. Y. Mu, C. W. W. Ng, C. Zhou, H. J. Liao)....Pages 583-588
 Effect of Initial Compaction State on Erosion Potential for Cover Liner  (Himanshu Kumar, Sanandam Bordoloi, S. Sreedeep, Ankit Garg)....Pages 589-597
Front Matter ....Pages 599-599
 Effect of Consolidation on VOC Transport Through a GM/GCL Composite Liner System  (Hefu Pu, Charles D. Shackelford, Patrick J. Fox)....Pages 601-607
 Effect of GCL on Moisture and Temperature Fields of Highway Subgrade Through Numerical Analysis  (Feng Liu, Zhibin Liu, Feng Yin, Shujian Zhang, Yi Wang)....Pages 608-615
 A Review of Experimental and Prediction Methods for Assessing the Freezing Characteristic Curve of GCLs  (G. G. Carnero-Guzman, A. Bouazza, W. P. Gates, R. K. Rowe)....Pages 616-623
 Failure Mechanism of Two-Stage Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls on Soft Ground  (Zhang Xu, Chen Jianfeng, Liu Junxiu)....Pages 624-632
 Resilience of Australian Polymer-Modified Powdered Sodium Bentonite Geosynthetic Clay Liners to Downslope Bentonite Erosion  (Will P. Gates, Daniel Gibbs, Marc Amstberg)....Pages 633-640
 Experimental Study of Shear Strength of Geosynthetic Clay Liner for Monotonic Loading  (Ji-Yun Chang, Shi-Jin Feng, Yang Shen, Hao Shi, Jia-Liang Shi)....Pages 641-648
 Failure Analysis of Reinforced Foundation Using Transparent Soils  (J. F. Chen, X. P. Guo, J. F. Xue, P. H. Guo)....Pages 649-657
 Effect of Freeze-Thaw Cycling Concurrent with MSW Landfill Leachate on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Geosynthetic Clay Liner  (Bao Wang, Bin Chen, Dou Tongtong, Lou Wang)....Pages 658-663
 Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite-Polymer Geosynthetic Clay Liners to Coal Combustion Product Leachates  (Jian-Nan Chen, Kuo Tian, Craig H. Benson)....Pages 664-671
 Containing Bauxite Liquor Using Bentonite-Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liners  (Kuo Tian, Craig H. Benson)....Pages 672-678
 Using Fluid Loss to Evaluate the Hydraulic Conductivity of Geosynthetic Clay Liners Under Mining Leachates  (Yang Liu, Yu Hao, Lizhen Wang)....Pages 679-685
 Laboratory Tests of the Influence of Clogging on the Hydraulic Properties of Nonwoven Geotextiles  (Anna Miszkowska, Eugeniusz Koda, Anna Sieczka, Piotr Osiński)....Pages 686-691
 Mechanical Damage of Geosynthetics Used in the Base Liner System of Landfills Caused by Different Aggregates  (José Ricardo Carneiro, Ana Cláudia Brás, Maria de Lurdes Lopes)....Pages 692-699
 Resistance of Geotextiles Against the Isolated and Combined Effect of Mechanical Damage Under Repeated Loading and Abrasion  (José Ricardo Carneiro, Filipa Escórcio, Maria de Lurdes Lopes)....Pages 700-707
 The Effect of Pore Size Deformation on Multi-pore Model of Woven Geotextiles in Tension Test  (Wenfang Zhao, Xiaowu Tang)....Pages 708-714
 Experimental Investigation of Volume Change and Hydraulic Conductivity on Geosynthetic Clay Liner  (Guangwei Zhang, Hhuyuan Zhang, Jinwen Liu, Lang Zhou, Ming Yan, Jinfang Wang)....Pages 715-723
 Field Monitoring of a Geogrid Reinforced MSW Slope  (Pengcheng Ma, Jiwu Lan, Han Ke)....Pages 724-731
 Analytical Study of the Variation of Pore Size Characteristics with Biaxial Tensile Strains on Woven Slit-Film Geotextiles  (Lin Tang, Xiao-Wu Tang, Shao-xing Qu)....Pages 732-737
Back Matter ....Pages 739-742