Effect of elevated temperature on solid waste shear strength and landfill slope stability.

Jianyong Shi, Shi Shu, Yingbo Ai, Zhaoqi Jiang, Yuping Li, Gaojie Xu

Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA 2021 Feb

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Slope instability occurs in landfills owing to increased internal temperatures. However, strength characteristic tests for solid waste (SW) and landfill slope stability (SS) calculations that consider temperature variations are scarce in the literature. In this study, we conducted triaxial tests on SW under a range of temperature conditions and proposed the circular slide method (CSM) for calculating SS in consideration of temperature effects. SW cohesion decreased linearly with increasing temperature, whereas the internal friction angle remained essentially unchanged. Our results showed that higher temperatures reduced the SW shear strength, changing the most dangerous sliding arc away from the slope toe. The landfill slope safety factor decreased by more than 20% with an increase of the maximum temperature from 20°C to 50°C. Reduction of the leachate level (LL) led to a decrease in the landfill high-temperature zone and the safety factor increased according to LL and temperature distribution. If cooling pipes are used to control the SW temperature, we recommend arranging the cooling pipes on the landfill liner. The proposed CSM can be used to analyse landfill SS.

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Jianyong Shi, Shi Shu, Yingbo Ai, Zhaoqi Jiang, Yuping Li, Gaojie Xu. Effect of elevated temperature on solid waste shear strength and landfill slope stability. Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA. 2021 Feb;39(2):351-359