Effect of loading rate on shear strength parameters of mechanically and biologically treated waste

doi:10.1007/s11783-022-1595-7

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2022, Vol. 16

Issue (12) : 160 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-022-1595-7

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effect of loading rate on shear strength parameters of mechanically and biologically treated waste

Guoyang Fan, Zhenying Zhang(

), Jiahe Zhang, Jiayue Zhang, Qiaona Wang, Min Wang, Bang Wang, Chengyu Nie

School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China

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Abstract

● Mechanical behavior of MBT waste affected by loading rate was investigated.

● Shear strength ratio of MBT waste increases with an increase in loading rate.

● Cohesion is inversely related to loading rate.

● Internal friction angles are positively related to loading rate.

● MBT waste from China shows smaller range of φ.

Mechanical biological treatment (MBT) technology has attracted increasing attention because it can reduce the volume of waste produced. To deal with the current trend of increasing waste, MBT practices are being adopted to address waste generated in developing urban societies. In this study, a total of 20 specimens of consolidated undrained triaxial tests were conducted on waste obtained from the Hangzhou Tianziling landfill, China, to evaluate the effect of loading rate on the shear strength parameters of MBT waste. The MBT waste samples exhibited an evident strain-hardening behavior, and no peak was observed even when the axial strain exceeded 25%. Further, the shear strength increased with an increase in the loading rate; the effect of loading rate on shear strength under a low confining pressure was greater than that under a high confining pressure. Furthermore, the shear strength parameters of MBT waste were related to the loading rate. The relationship between the cohesion, internal friction angle, and logarithm of the loading rate could be fitted to a linear relationship, which was established in this study. Finally, the ranges of shear strength parameters cohesion c and effective cohesion c ´ were determined as 1.0–8.2 kPa and 2.1–14.9 kPa, respectively; the ranges of the internal friction angle φ and effective internal friction angle φ ´ were determined as 16.2°–29° and 19.8°–43.9°, respectively. These results could be used as a valuable reference for conducting stability analyses of MBT landfills.

Keywords Mechanically and biologically treated waste Landfill Triaxial test Loading rate Axial strain Shear strength parameter

Corresponding Author(s): Zhenying Zhang

Issue Date: 04 July 2022

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Guoyang Fan,Zhenying Zhang,Jiahe Zhang, et al. Effect of loading rate on shear strength parameters of mechanically and biologically treated waste[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2022, 16(12): 160.

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Tab.1 Test plan for consolidated undrained test

Fig.1 Relationship between deviator stress and axial strain at 1 %/min loading rate.

Fig.2 Relationship between deviator stress and axial strain under different confining pressures: (a) 50; (b) 100; (c) 200; and (d) 300 kPa.

Fig.3 Relationship between shear strength and logarithmic loading rate at a axial strain of (a) 10 % and (b) 20 %.

Fig.4 Relationship between shear strength ratio and loading rate at an axial strain of (a) 10 % and (b) 20 %.

Fig.5 Relationship between shear strength parameters and loading rate (cohesion and effective cohesion): (a) relationship between cohesion and loading rate; (b) relationship between effective cohesion and loading rate.

Fig.6 Relationship between shear strength parameters and logarithmic loading rate (internal friction angle and effective internal friction angle): (a) relationship between internal friction angle and logarithmic loading rate; (b) relationship between effective internal friction angle and logarithmic loading rate.

Fig.7 Relationship between shear strength parameters and axial strain: (a) relationship between cohesion and axial strain; (b) relationship between effective cohesion and axial strain; (c) relationship between internal friction angle and axial strain; (d) relationship between effective internal friction angle and axial strain.

Fig.8 Relationship between cohesion and internal friction angle for MBT and MSW in different studies. (CU- consolidated undrained Test, CD- consolidated drainage Tests, T- total stress parameters, and E- effective stress parameters).

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