Three sessions with 16 reviewed papers on Waste Mechanics will take place as part of the Geocongress 2008 conference and will be presented on March 11th and 12th.
WASTE MECHANICS SYMPOSIUM SESSION I: WASTE SHEAR RESPONSE AND STABILITY Tuesday March 11 2008: 3:00-4:30 pm
Towhata, I., Uno, M., "Laboratory Tests on Creep and Shear Behavior of Municipal Solid Waste and Mitigation of Its Long- Term Subsidence".
Reddy, K. R., Gangathulasi, J., Hettiarachchi, H., Bogner, J., "Geotechnical Properties of Municipal Solid Waste Subjected to Leachate Recirculation".
Zekkos, D., Bray, J. D., Stokoe, K., Kavazanjian, E., Rathje, E., Athanasopoulos, G. A., Riemer, M., Matasovic, N., Lee, J. J., Seos, B., "Recent findings on the static and dynamic properties of Municipal Solid Waste".
Athanasopoulos, G., Grizi, A., Zekkos, D., Founta, P., Zisimatou, E., "Municipal Solid Waste as a Reinforced Soil: Investigation Using Synthetic Waste".
Chen, Y., Zhan, T.L.T., Ling, W., "Mechanical properties of municipal solid waste from Suzhou landfill in China".
WASTE MECHANICS SYMPOSIUM SESSION II: WASTE COMPRESSIBILITY, DEGRADATION AND TIME EFFECTS Wednesday March 12, 2008: 8:00-9:30 am
McDougall, J., "Geomechanics and Long-term Landfill Settlement".
Singh, M.K., Fleming, I.R., "Estimation of the mechanical properties of MSW during degradation in a laboratory compression cell".
Castelli, F., Maugeri, M., "Experimental analysis of waste compressibility".
Hossain, M.D.H, Gabr, M. A., Haque, M.A., "Deformation of MSW Bioreactor Landfills: Properties and Analysis Approach"
Kavazanjian, E., "The impact of degradation on MSW shear strength".
WASTE MECHANICS SYMPOSIUM SESSION II: WASTE CHARACTERIZATION AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES Wednesday March 12, 2008: 10:00-11:30 am
Powrie, W., Beaven, R., Hudson, A., "The influence of landfill gas on the hydraulic conductivity of waste".
Borgatto, A.V.A., Izzo, R.L.S., Mahler, C. F., "Application of a Morphologic Classification of Brazilian MSW".
Zhan, T.L.T., Ling, D., Zhang, W., Chen, Y. "Hydrogeological characterization of Suzhou landfill of municipal solid wastes".
Dixon, N., Langer, U., "Relationship Between Classification and Shear Behavior of MSW".
Izzo, R.L., Mahler, C.F., Munnich, K., Bauer, J., "MBT Waste Used as a Capillary Barrier in a Sanitary Landfill".
Stoltz, G., Gourc, J.P., "Variation of fluid conductivity with settlement of domestic waste".
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on WASTE MECHANICS
12'' Triaxial MSW specimen at UC Berkeley
12'' Triaxial MSW specimen and chamber at UC Berkeley
