摘要: |
The use of a soil-reinforced layer as a subgrade for a piggyback landfill ensures that the leachate barrier system of the new cell will remain functional over the long term. The designed and selected PVA reinforcement geosynthetic is a high-modulus woven geotextile made with high-tenacity yarns that exhibit a tensile strength of 2,570 pounds-force per inch (450 kN/m) at 6% strain. It creates a uniform repartition of the load on the old waste and controls the differential settlements. The high-tenacity yarns made of PVA permit the reuse of the bottom ash material (available on-site) as backfill material on the product. The methodology followed for the design of the reinforcement is already in use and described in several guides; however, the implementation of a monitoring system permits refining of the calculation and assumptions considered in the geotechnical model and confirm the expected behavior of the structure. |