Local site conditions and seismic design of municipal solid waste landfills

Tsompanakis, Y; Psarropoulos, PN; Karabatsos, Y

dc.contributor.author	Tsompanakis, Y	en
dc.contributor.author	Psarropoulos, PN	en
dc.contributor.author	Karabatsos, Y	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:50:08Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:50:08Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/34913
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dc.subject	Dynamic soil-structure-interaction	en
dc.subject	Finite elements	en
dc.subject	Municipal solid waste landfills	en
dc.subject	Seismic design	en
dc.subject	Site conditions	en
dc.subject	Slope stability	en
dc.subject.other	Finite Element	en
dc.subject.other	Ground motions	en
dc.subject.other	Local site condition	en
dc.subject.other	Material non-linearity	en
dc.subject.other	Municipal solid waste landfills	en
dc.subject.other	Seismic code	en
dc.subject.other	Seismic excitations	en
dc.subject.other	Site conditions	en
dc.subject.other	Soil conditions	en
dc.subject.other	Computer aided engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Design	en
dc.subject.other	Dynamic response	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Land fill	en
dc.subject.other	Seismic design	en
dc.subject.other	Seismic response	en
dc.subject.other	Slope stability	en
dc.subject.other	Soils	en
dc.subject.other	Municipal solid waste	en
dc.title	Local site conditions and seismic design of municipal solid waste landfills	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	The seismic response of municipal solid waste landfills has drawn much attention during the last few years, mainly due to the environmental and public-health issues that could be raised in the case of a failure caused by an earthquake. However, there are certain technical issues that have not been investigated with the proper realism. One of these is the impact of local site conditions on the seismic design of a landfill. This study presents the results of a parametric numerical simulation that has been performed to examine the effects of local site conditions on the dynamic response of a typical landfill. Emphasis is given on the special characteristics of the ground motion, while the material nonlinearity of both soil and waste is taken into account by an iterative equivalently linear procedure. Results indicate that local site conditions may play a significant role on the seismic response of a landfill. However, this role is not a priori beneficial or detrimental, as it depends not only on the soil conditions and the seismic excitation, but on the landfill characteristics as well. The results of the present study suggest that modern seismic codes seem rather incapable to incorporate the above interrelated phenomena, and therefore proper seismic design of landfills should take local site conditions into consideration on a case-by-case basis. © 2005 Civil-Comp Press.	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp 2005	en