Bench-scale modeling to evaluate the mechanical effects of subsidence on a monofill-type landfill cover

A bench-scale model was developed to simulate the effects of subsidence on compacted monofill-type landfill covers for the low-level radioactive waste landfills of the Radioactive Waste Management Sites of the Nevada Test Site. Of particular interest is the collapse mechanism of the cover with respect to the soil density and compaction water content. Collapse in covers compacted at lower water content was in the form of progressive upward caving by consistent raveling, with distinct, continuous preferential pathways for saturated fluid flow and vapor migration formed. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Engineering (ME)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2002

Author dc:creator

• Tan, Yuboon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Barbara A. Luke

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1402

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2401