Abstract
Weak interlayers often exist in the municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills due to the dumping of urban sewage sludge with MSW and the use of soil covers, which have significant influences on the seismic response of landfills. Forty one dimensional (1D) landfill profile models subjected to different ground motion inputs and one weak interlayer with various depths and thicknesses in the MSW body were developed, and 1D frequency independent equivalent-linear method was used to explore the influences of the depth and thickness of one weak interlayer on the dynamic behavior of landfills. Considering the variation of unit weight and shear wave velocity of MSW with the buried depth, and selecting the rational dynamic parameters of MSW and soils, the horizontal acceleration and equivalent shear strain were calculated by the direct stiffness method of EDT (Elastodynamics Toolbox for MATLAB) software. The results showed the maximum value of horizontal acceleration happens about 10 m below of the weak interlayer. And the weak interlayer’s influence on the maximum horizontal acceleration of MSW body declines after it reaches a critical thickness. In addition to that, the equivalent shear strain at the weak interlayer decreases with the increase of weak interlayer’s thickness, and hence thin weak interlayers in the MSW body should be avoided.
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The research works involved in this paper are supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51678524 and No. 51561130159) and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2012CB719806).
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Gao, W., Bian, X., Chen, Y. (2018). Effects of One Weak Interlayer on Seismic Response of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill. In: Bian, X., Chen, Y., Ye, X. (eds) Environmental Vibrations and Transportation Geodynamics. ISEV 2016. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4508-0_50
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