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Seismic Design of Waste Containment Systems

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Equivalent linear analysis; Geosynthetic; Landfill; Performance-based design; Site response; Solid waste; Waste containment systems

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Maintaining the integrity of waste containment systems subject to seismic loading is not only important with respect to protecting human health and the environment from wastes and waste by-products, it is also important with respect to the availability of facilities essential for post-earthquake recovery, i.e., of landfills for proper disposal of the large volumes of earthquake-generated waste. Important considerations in the seismic design of waste containment systems include the response of the waste mass itself to seismic excitation, the stability of the waste mass (including its foundation), and the integrity of the engineered components of the waste containment system. Engineered components of waste containment systems include base and side-slope liner (barrier) systems, leachate and gas collection and removal systems, and final...

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  1. School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, CAVC Room 507, 973005, Tempe, AZ, 85287-3005, USA

    Edward Kavazanjian Jr.

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Kavazanjian, E. (2015). Seismic Design of Waste Containment Systems. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_15

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