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Stability Analysis When Using an Engineered Berm to Increase Landfill Space
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Stability Analysis When Using an Engineered Berm to Increase Landfill Space

Xuede Qian and Robert M Koerner
Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, v 135(8), pp 1082-1091
Aug 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000065
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Abstract

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The scope of this paper is to develop a new three-part wedge method to analyze translational failure when using an engineered berm to increase landfill space. The possible failure face may pass over the back slope of the berm or pass under the bottom of the berm. This depends on the geometric dimensions of the berm which in turn influences the amount of airspace gained. Each possible failure condition must be checked to make sure both the waste mass and berm remain stable. If the waste boundary is kept to be unchanged, FSover will increase and FSunder will decrease with increase of the back slope of the berm. The critical failure condition may be changed from passing over to passing under the berm by changing the back slope of the berm. If the location of the front toe of the berm is fixed, both FSover and FSunder increase with increased height of the berm, however, the critical failure condition will change from passing under the berm to passing over the berm.

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