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Date
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Contents
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Remarks
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1
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Jan 21 |
I. Introduction
1. General
2. Environmental Geotechnics
3. Regulatories
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2
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Jan 28
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II. Geosynthetics Related to Waste
Containment Applications
1. Introduction
2. Geomembranes
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3
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Feb 4
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3.
Geotextiles
4. Geonets/Geocomposites and Geogrids
5. Design by Function
6. Geosynthetic Clay Liners
7. Clay Minerals
8. Soil-Geosynthetic and Geosynthetic-Geosynthetic Interaction
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4
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Feb 11
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5
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Feb 18
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III. Compacted Clay Liners
1. Introduction
2. Hydraulic Conductivity
3. Factors Affecting Permeabilities
4. Soil Fabrics (for clay minerals, see II-7)
5. Permeability-Laboratory Testing
6. Clay-Water/Waste Interaction (Diffused Double Layer)
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6
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Feb 25
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6. Diffused Double Layer - continue
7. Field Testing
8. Construction Quality Control and Assusrance
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7
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March 3
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IV. Modern Lining Systems
1. Introduction
2. Base and Side-Slope Lining Systems
3. Cover Lining Systems
4. Geomembrane Permeability
5. Leakage in Geomembrane Liner
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Assignment 3
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8
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March 10
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IX. Contaminant Transport
1. Introduction
2. Fick's Laws
3.
One-Dimensional Advection-Diffusion Equation
4. Solution to Transport Equation
5. Slurry Walls
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9
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March
17
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Spring
break
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10
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March
24
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Mid-Term
Exam
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11
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March 31
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V. Leachate Collection and Removal Systems
1. Introduction
2. Leachate Generation and Impingement
3. Leachate Collection
4. Perforated Pipe
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Assignment: pipe layout and dimensioning
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12
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April 7 |
4. Perforated Pipe (cont)
5. Leachate and Gas Collection and Removal
VI. Defection Analysis of Pipes
1. Introduction
2. Deflection Ratio and Load
3. Soil Stiffness
4. Pipe Stiffness
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13
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April 14 |
5. Iowa Formula and Modified Iowa Formula
6. Design Example
7. Other Issues (Crushing, Buckling)
VII.
Slope Stability Analysis of Liner Systems
1. Factor of Safety
2. Slope- Planar Mechanism
3. Culman (Francais) Analysis
4. Stability Analysis for Liner/Cover Systems
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14
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April
21
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5. Anchorage of Geosynthetics
VII. Seismic Stability of Liner Systems
1. Seismicity
2. Seismic Stability- Planar Mechanism
3. Seismic Stability for Liner/Cover Systems
4. Permanent Displacement Analysis
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15
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April
28
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VIII. Settlement
1. Immediate and Consolidation Settlements
2.
Secondary Consolidation Settlement
3. Localized Deformation in Liner
4. Refuse Settlements
5. Empirical Model for Settlement Prediction
Power Law, Gibson-Lo Model, Hyperbolic (Ling et al.) Model
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May 6-13
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Final Exam
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