It is commonly accepted that the shear strength of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is enhanced by the
reinforcement effect of its fibrous constituents. However, most papers in the technical literature do not systematically
evaluate the effect of the MSW fibers on its stress-strain-strength response. This paper presents results of a s...
The geotechnical graduate program of the University of Brasilia maintains a research site on the campus (to be
discontinued for a new place). The site is underlain by the typically partly-saturated and potentially collapsible “porous
clay” of the Federal District of Brazil. The soil conditions have been thorou...
The use of soil-bentonite mixtures for sanitary landfill liners with the purpose of retaining pollutants is becoming very common. This work shows the results of hydraulic conductivity and shear strength tests performed with soil-bentonite mixtures with bentonite contents of 3%, 5% and 7%. Additionally, shear strength test results carried out with a mixt...
View ArticleThis work evaluates tropical soil adsorption capacity of a hydrophobic compound (benzene). With such purpose, a lateritic soil poor in organic matter and a hydromorphic soil rich in kaolinite with a higher organic content were studied. The lateritic soil, rich in Al and Fe oxides, presented a higher sorption capacity in grain size terms for having a hig...
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