Subject Code: CE6L217 Name: Geotechnics of Waste and waste Containment L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3

Pre-requisites: None
Sources and types of wastes; Environmental and engineering properties of wastes; New and developing government policies; Beneficial re-use of wastes; Fundamentals of waste-soil interaction; Containment systems and basic principles; Lining and capping systems; Leachate and gas collection systems; Compacted soi liners; Admixed soil liners; Geosynhtetic clay liners; Geomembranes; Drainage layers; Geosynhtetic composites; Seepage flow; Contaminant transport; Landfill settlement; Landfill slope stability; Conventional caps, ET caps; Ground water monitoring; Landfill gas; Post-closure monitoring; Bioreactor landfills; Landfill mining; End-use of closed landfills; Impoundments; Integrated waste management and alternative landfills.

Books:

  • H.D. Sharma and K.R. Reddy Geo-environmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, John Wiley, New Jersey, 2004.
  • R.N. Yong, Geoenvironmental Engineering: Contaminated Ground: Fate of Pollutions and Remediation, Thomson Telford, 2000.
  • L.N. Reddy & H.I. Inyang, Geoenvironmental Engineering: Principles and Applications, Marcel Dek, 2000.
  • Raju, V.S., Datta, M., Seshadri, V., and Agarwal, V.K. (1996) (Eds.), “Ash Ponds and Ash Disposal Systems”, Narosa Publishers, Delhi,424 pages.
  • Datta, M. (1997) (Ed.), “Waste Disposal in Engineered Landfills”, Narosa Publishers, Delhi, 231 pages.
  • Datta, M., Parida, B.P., Guha, B.K. and Sreekrishnan, T., (1999) (Eds.), “Industrial Solid Waste Management and Landfilling Practice”, Narosa Publishers, Delhi, 204 pages.
  • David E. Daniel, Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal, Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1993.
  • Bagchi,A.,"Design of landfills and integrated solid waste management" John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 2004.
  • Qian, X., R. M. Koerner, and D. H. Gray. Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design and Construction. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2002.