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| CE 647- Geotechnical Aspects of Solid Waste | Spring 2011 | |
| Text: | .Oweis, Issa and Khera, Raj P.
Geotechnology of Waste Management; Publishers, Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning, ISBN:
0534-94524-4 .Landfill Notes by David J. Elton and John J. Bowders, Jr. 2004 |
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| Reference Books:
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. Koerner, Donald H. Gray; Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design and
Construction; X. Qian, Robert M. Prentice Hall.ISBN: 0-13-012506-7 .Sharma, Hari D. Lewis Sangeeta P.Waste Containment Systems, Waste Stabilization, and Landfills; by John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0-471-57536-4 .Koerner, R. Designing with Geosynthetics, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall, NJ. Focuses on all uses of geosynthetics, including landfills, 1998. .McBean, E.A. Rovers, R.A., Farquhar, G.J. Solid Waste Landfill Engineering and Design, Prentice Hall PTR, NJ. Comprehensive coverage of landfill siting and design procedures, 1995. . Noble, G. Siting Landfiols and Other LULUs, Technomic Publishing Co. Lancaster, PA. Not a landfill design book. Good coverage of siting procedures.1992. . Tchobanoglous, G, Theisen, H. and Vigil, S. Integrated Solid Waste Management. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, No sections on landfill design. 1993. |
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| Instructor: | Raj P. Khera, Ph.D, PE, 215 Colton Hall,
973-596-2475, Fax: 973-596-5790, khera@njit.edu
, homepage: http://web.njit.edu/~khera/ Office Hours: T:2-5 PM, usually any other time that I am in my office and not busy. Please see Moodle frequently for Syllabus and Notes |
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| Prerequisite: A successfully completed undergraduate course in soil mechanics in the last 5 years. | ||
Week |
Topic |
Reading/Chapters | Assignment |
| 1 | Introduction | Notes | |
| 2 | Siting Permitting | N | |
| 3 | Consideration | N, various chapters | |
| 4 | Ground Modification | ||
| 5 | Liner | N, Ch. 3,10 | |
| 6 | Field Testing | N, 6,10 | |
| 7 | Leakage detection/control | N, 10 | |
| 8 | Quiz 1 | ||
| 9 | Leachate Generation | 11, N | |
| 10 | Leachate Collection | 11, N | |
| 11 | Cap design | 12,N | |
| 12 | Project Presentations | ||
| 13 | Foundation and slop stability | 13 | |
| 14 | Site Selection | 8 | |
| 15 | Final Examination |
.Homework problems will
be assigned as the various topics are completed.
.You are encouraged to ask questions
about the homework in class.
.Chapters 1 through 5 are review of the material covered
in undergraduate soil mechanics course, with same material pertaining to waste.
.Students are encouraged to review this material.
.New material covered in these chapters will be discussed
when the need arises in the application.
.Students are responsible for chapter and problems.
Paper and presentation:
§ Submit topic for presentation, 03/08/11
§ Submit list of references and a short summary for the presentation 03/29/2010.
§ Date of presentation will be 04/19/2011. Paper must be submitted on this date.
§ An outline of the presentation must be distributed to the class before the presentation.
Some suggested student projects/topics for term paper
o Landfill failures (literature review)
o History of solid waste disposal
o History of US landfill regulations
o Recycling solid waste
o Laboratory experiments - e.g. waste compaction, leachate, permeability
o Leachate treatment
o Contaminant transport mechanisms in groundwater
o Contaminant transport software
o Landfill reclamation
o Landfill mining
o Bioreactor technology
o Site specific studies (e.g. siting of an existing, local landfill)
o Slope stability software
A typical paper might contain (as appropriate):
ü Introduction to the subject
ü History of the subject
ü Current solutions to the problem
ü Needs for further work on the problem
ü Their ideas on the problem
Web sites:
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http://www.gmanow.com/ Industrial Fabrics Association International
Geosynthetic Materials Association has industry news and technical design
information
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http://www.drexel.edu/gri/ and
http://www.drexel.edu/gri/member.html/
Geosynthetic Institute. has references, general geosynthetic information, GRI
standards
•EPA
websites www epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/osw/
Office of Solid Waste: Information on EPA solid waste regulations
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/municpl/landfill/index.htm Office of
Solid Waste: landfill information
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http://www.ees.ufl.edu/homepp/townsend/Courses/SWCD/lfregs.htm
has many links to landfill regulations
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http://landfilldesign.com/
has many landfill design problem calculators, very useful in landfill design
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http://www.ieca.org/
International Erosion Control Association. It has many references to the erosion
and sediment control materials
Note: The NJIT Honor Code will be upheld, and that any violations will be brought to the immediate attention of the Dean of Students.
Also, students will be consulted by the instructor to any modifications or deviations from the syllabus.
Grading
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Homework |
10% (extra credit) |
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Quiz |
30% |
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Final |
40% |
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Paper/Presentation |
30% |
Extra
Credit
1. At the time of an exam one set of homework will be requested. If it is handed
in at that time it will be graded and added to the exam score.
Paper and Presentation