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Composite landfill liner design with Ankara clay, Turkey

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This study presents an overview of the geotechnical properties of the clayey soils, referred to as “Ankara clay”, at two sites of the Ankara region in an attempt to design a landfill profile composed of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane/clay composite liner through the Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance (HELP) model and the Water Balance Method. The geotechnical properties of the landfill layers along with the water balance factors (i.e., evapotranspiration, precipitation, temperature, etc.) were assessed to determine the height of the water-saturated zone in the refuse above the composite liner for landfill design. The cumulative expected leakage rates through the composite liner constructed with compacted Ankara clay were related quantitatively to the cumulative average leachate head. The results of this investigation show that the leakage rates through the composite liner are within tolerable limits.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by the Middle East Technical University (METU) Research Fund Project No. AFP-97-03-09-01. Thanks are due to Dr. A. P. Önen and Mr. Ö. Aktürk of the Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering, Ankara, Turkey for their kind assistance in drafting the illustrations in this manuscript.

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  1. Ziraat Bankası Genel Müdürlüğü, Tandoğan, Ankara

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  2. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531, Turkey

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Met, İ., Akgün, H. Composite landfill liner design with Ankara clay, Turkey. Environ Geol 47, 795–803 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-004-1207-9

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