Performances of Landfill Liners under Dry and Wet Conditions

This paper addresses the study conducted on the performance of landfill liner interface parameters. Interface shear strength parameters for various combinations of 9 different lining materials were studied and presented in this paper. This comprehensive testing program covers the interfaces between: (1) soil and compacted clay liner (CCL), (2) geomembrane (HDPEs or PVC) and soil, (3) geosynthetic clay liner (GCL)/CCL and soil, (4) geomembrane and geotextile, (5) geotextile and soil, (6) geotextile and GCL/CCL, and (7) geomembrane and GCL/CCL. The experiments were conducted for both at dry or optimum moisture condition and at saturated or wet condition. The interface performance under both conditions were compared to access the material performances. Tabulated summaries of interface test data under dry or optimum moisture condition (OMO) and saturated or wet condition are presented in the paper.     

土工膜-土工布界面动力剪切特性试验研究

糙面土工膜（GMX）和无纺土工布（GT）是垃圾填埋场中周边衬垫系统的重要组成部分,其界面特性对于整体填埋场的稳定性尤为重要。但是,目前对GMX-GT界面的动力剪切特性研究较少。为此,利用大型直剪仪,开展了一系列全饱和条件及干燥条件下GMX-GT界面的循环剪切试验,主要研究了竖向应力、位移幅值和循环次数等对GMX-GT界面动力剪切特性的影响,并对比分析了全饱和及干燥两种条件下GMX-GT界面动力剪切特性的差异。研究结果表明,随着位移幅值的增加,GMX-GT界面呈现出由剪切硬化向剪切软化转变的特性。循环剪切作用使得界面的内摩擦角随着位移幅值的增加而增大。GMX-GT界面主要表现为剪缩特性,且总剪缩量随竖向应力、位移幅值和循环次数的增加而增加。剪切刚度随竖向应力和循环次数的增大而增大,随位移幅值的增大而减小。阻尼比随位移幅值的增大而增大,随循环次数的增加而减小,说明位移幅值会增加GMX-GT界面的能量的耗散。GMX-GT界面在干燥条件下的破坏模式与饱和条件下的存在明显差异,干燥条件下GT内部的破坏更加显著,全饱和条件下GMX表面的破坏更加明显。     

褶皱土工膜+针刺钠基膨润土防水毯复合衬里的剪切试验研究

防渗工程中土工膜的褶皱现象普遍存在,然而目前关于土工膜界面剪切特性的研究大都忽略了褶皱的影响。以糙面土工膜（GM）和针刺钠基膨润土防水毯（GCL）组成的复合衬里为研究对象,利用水化变形试验证实两步水化法能有效地加速含褶皱GM+GCL复合衬里的水化步骤,使用大尺寸温控水浴直剪仪对含褶皱GM+GCL复合衬里的剪切特性进行了试验研究。通过将含褶皱GM+GCL复合衬里的剪切特性与无褶皱复合衬里进行对比分析,揭露了GM褶皱对复合衬里剪切特性的影响机制。GM褶皱的存在使得GM+GCL复合衬里的剪切应力-位移曲线产生较大差异,并使得低压下复合衬里的抗剪强度明显降低。GM褶皱使复合衬里产生明显的渐进破坏效应,复合衬里内部能出现多种破坏模式共存的现象。     

Landfill Base Liners: Assessment of Material Equivalency and Impact to Groundwater

This paper gathered available flow and transport solutions and used them for two composite liners, consisting of geomembrane (GM) overlying either a compacted clay liner (CCL) or a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL). Its aim is to provide a guiding framework for the possible choices of (a) approaches to bottom liner design, (b) respective analytical solutions to flow and transport equations, as well as (c) parameters required for each type of solution. On the basis of the obtained results, the following recommendations are made. When the goal of analysis is to determine material equivalency, leachate flow rate is an adequate key parameter for GM-CCL composite liners. For GM-GCL composite liners, it is necessary to compute contaminant concentration or mass flux, considering (a) transport through defects for inorganic contaminants and (b) diffusion and the contribution of any available attenuation layer for organic contaminants. When the goal of analysis is to assess impact to groundwater, it is advised to calculate both discharge rate and contaminant mass flux regardless of liner type. The critical parameter for the transport calculations is the retardation factor of the contaminant, for the case of CCLs, while the results for GCLs are much less sensitive to this parameter.     

筋-土界面循环剪切刚度和阻尼比的试验研究

为了研究筋-土界面在遭受动力作用时的表现,利用大型直剪仪对土工格栅、土工编织布、土工无纺布和砂土界面进行了一系列循环剪切试验,得到了不同工况下界面的剪切刚度和阻尼比,并探究了循环次数与剪切刚度和阻尼比之间的规律。研究结果表明,同一循环次数时格栅-土界面的循环剪切刚度最大,土工编织布-土界面的阻尼比最大;剪切位移幅值为3 mm时3种竖向应力下界面都呈现出循环剪切硬化的特征,随着循环次数的增加,各竖向应力下的界面阻尼比有趋于某一值的趋势;砂土密实度越大,同一循环次数对应的剪切刚度越大,阻尼比越小,且随着循环次数的增加3种砂土密实度的界面阻尼比有趋于同一值的趋势;循环剪切位移幅值为5 mm的界面发生循环剪切软化现象,剪切位移幅值越大,界面同一循环次数的阻尼比也越大。     

An analytical model for vapor‐phase volatile organic compound diffusion through landfill composite covers

One‐dimensional mathematical models for vapor‐phase volatile organic compound (VOC) diffusion through composite cover barriers are presented. An analytical solution to the model was obtained by the method of separation of variables. The results obtained by the proposed solution agree well with those obtained by a numerical analysis. Based on the proposed analytical model, the VOC breakthrough curves of five different composite covers are compared. The effects of degree of saturation of geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) or compacted clay liner (CCL) on VOC migration in the composite covers are then presented. Results show that the composite cover barriers provide much better diffusion barriers for VOC than the single CCL. The top surface steady‐state flux for a composite barrier, consisting of a 1.5 mm geomembrane (GM) and a 20 cm CCL, can be 8.3 times lower than that for a 30 cm CCL. The surface steady‐state flux for the case with (1.5 mm GM + 6 mm GCL) was found to be 2.3 times lower than that for the case with (1.5 mm GM + 20 cm CCL). The degree of saturation S_r of the CCL has a great influence on VOC migration in composite covers when S_r is larger than 0.5. The steady‐state flux at the surface of GM for the case with S_r = 0.7 can be 1.8 times lower than that for the case with S_r = 0.2. The proposed analytical model is relatively simple and can be used for verification of complicated numerical models, analysis of experimental data and performance assessment of composite cover barriers. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

宽级配砾石土作为GCLs/GM防渗垫保护层的可行性研究

鉴于西北地区干-湿与冻-融交替循环的气候特征、砾质土料储存量丰富以及土工织物膨润土垫(GCLs)防渗新技术在国内外已逐步得到推广应用,提出了宽级配砾质土料、土工织物粘土垫层(GCLs)和土工膜(GM)组合作为垃圾填埋场防渗系统的构想。通过对宽级配砾质土料的室内试验数据和国内外有关文献资料的分析研究表明,以GCLs/GM作为隔渗层,以宽级配砾质土代替粘土作为隔渗层的保护层所构成的复合防渗系统,能有效抵御干-湿与冻-融交替循环作用的影响,显著提高垃圾填埋场长期防渗能力和整体稳定性。对于处在西北地区特殊环境中的垃圾填埋场而言,文中所建议的复合防渗系统设置方法,可能是一种值得期待的垃圾填埋场防渗型式。     

土工膜岩土力学性质的温度影响试验

HDPE土工膜（geomembrane,GM）在城市卫生填埋场等环保工程中可能会面临高温环境,现有关于GM力学性能的试验研究大都在常温下进行,土工膜力学性质的温度效应关乎到边坡稳定和工程安全.为了揭露土工膜岩土力学性质的温度影响规律,开展了GM温控拉伸试验以及不同温度条件下的GM/砂土界面直剪试验和GM/无纺土工布（geotextile,GT）界面直剪试验.通过对比分析不同温度条件下GM的拉伸性质和GM界面剪切特性,揭露温度环境对土工膜岩土力学性质的定性及定量影响规律.试验结果表明,GM的抗拉强度随温度变化影响显著,相对于常温情况,大于70 ℃的高温可使GM的抗拉强度折减近80%;温度对GM/GT界面剪切特性的影响要明显大于GM/砂土界面,GM岩土力学性质的温度效应引起工程人员的重视.      

Flow and transport through clay membrane barriers

Flux equations for liquid and solute migration through clay barriers that behave as semi-permeable membranes used in waste containment and remediation applications, known as clay membrane barriers (CMBs), are discussed. The results of a simplified analysis of flow through a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) using measured values for the chemico-osmotic efficiency coefficient (ω) of the GCL indicate a total liquid flux that counters the outward Darcy (hydraulic) flux due to chemico-osmosis associated with clay membrane behavior of the GCL. Also, the solute (contaminant) flux through the GCL is reduced relative to the solute flux that would occur in the absence of membrane behavior due to chemico-osmotic counter advection and solute restriction. Since diffusion commonly controls solute transport through GCLs and other low-permeability clay barriers, the implicit (empirical) correlation between ω and the effective salt-diffusion coefficient of the migrating contaminant is an important consideration with respect to contaminant restriction in CMBs.     

Filtration and Clogging Behavior of Geotextiles with Roorkee Soils

Geotextile filters are rapidly replacing graded granular filters as the standard of practice in geotechnical design. The objective of the present study is to predict the behavior of the geotextile filter for the locally (Roorkee—India) available soils using three different geotextiles (two nonwoven and one woven). Nonwoven geotextiles are commonly used in filtration applications. This paper evaluates the long-term performance of two needle-punched nonwoven geotextiles and one woven geotextile. Filtration tests on soil–geotextile filter systems were conducted in the laboratory in order to evaluate the filtration and clogging behavior. Laboratory test program, include evaluation of performance of two different nonwoven and one woven geotextile filters in combination with locally available Solani River Sand and Clayey Soil. The paper describes the concept and details of the Fine Fraction Filtration (F³) test and presents data on three different geotextiles, which were evaluated using three different soil types. It is deduced that in all filtration applications, the non-woven geotextile would perform better than the woven geotextile.     

压实宽级配砾质土干-湿循环效应研究

为探索在干-湿循环条件下,宽级配砾质土作为垃圾填埋场复合防渗系统中土工织物黏土垫和土工膜（GCLs/GM）防渗衬垫的保护层时其水力特性的变化规律,采用压力膜仪测试了土样干-湿循环作用下的土-水特征曲线参数,并借助van Genuchte方程和Fredlund 3参数方程拟合了0～3次干-湿循环的压实宽级配砾质土样的4条脱湿土-水特征曲线。结果显示：随着干-湿循环次数的增加,试样的土-水特征曲线在0～100 kPa的低吸力区间内逐渐变陡,含水率随吸力增加而逐渐减小,在位于400 kPa附近趋于平缓;干-湿循环过程中,试样的饱和含水率存在峰值,而残余含水率逐渐降低并趋于稳定;两种模型拟合的宽级配砾质土土-水特征曲线的差异不大,van Genuchte模型略优于Fredlund 3参数模型。在此基础上,将试验结果与已有文献中干-湿循环条件下的黏性土以及膨润土的土-水特征曲线进行了比较,表明作为防渗垫保护层的宽级配砾质土更有利于GCLs的吸湿与水化。     

The 14-year Performance of a Compacted Clay Liner used as Part of a Composite Liner System for a Leachate Lagoon

The migration of contaminants through a 2.9 m thick compacted clay liner (CCL) for a landfill leachate lagoon is examined 14 years after construction. The clay liner formed the lower portion of the composite liner system but the geomembrane (GM) was found to have defects that had allowed leachate to migrate between the GM and CCL. Chloride, sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium pore water profiles through the CCL are examined. It is shown that chloride migrated approximately 1.7 m into the CCL during the 14 years of the lagoon operation, sodium approximately 1.2 m, and potassium 0.7 m. Diffusion and sorption data from laboratory diffusion testing are utilized in combination with a finite layer contaminant transport model to predict field contaminant migration profiles through the composite liner system and to establish the time of ‘failure’ of the geomembrane at sometime between 0 and 6 years after installation. Relatively high sorptive uptake of potassium by the CCL soil is observed from batch testing and diffusion testing with field data suggesting an even larger amount of sorption. It is hypothesized that organic sludge matter at the base of the lagoon is responsible for potassium uptake from the leachate. This field case highlights the importance of the compacted clay liner as part of the composite liner system in acting as a diffusion barrier during the lifetime of the lagoon as well as using relatively non-conservative contaminants such as chloride and sodium to estimate geomembrane ‘failure’ times     

GCL对垃圾渗滤液中阳离子和有机质的吸附能力

通过对渗透前后垃圾填埋场渗滤液进行化学成分的测定和分析,研究了GCL的吸附能力及其变化规律,并采用X射线荧光光谱分析对试验结果进行了验证。研究结果表明在渗透过程中GCL对渗滤液中的有机物和阳离子存在吸附作用,水化液对GCL的吸附能力有一定影响;在渗透开始阶段,GCL对垃圾渗滤液中阳离子和有机物的吸附能力比较强,而后逐渐达到吸附饱和状态而丧失吸附能力,因此用GCL作为防渗屏障,主要是依靠其低渗透特性,而非其对溶液中有机质和有害离子的吸附作用。通过对膨润土进行X射线荧光光谱分析也发现:经过渗透后的膨润土中除常见氧化物外,还有来自渗透液中被吸附的物质,但含量不大。     

垃圾填埋场复合衬垫剪切特性单剪试验研究

针对垃圾填埋工程中复合衬垫的界面抗剪特性,利用改进的叠环式单剪仪,对由砂土-无纺型土工布-土工网格-土工膜-夯实粘土组成复合衬垫进行了整体剪切试验研究。重点讨论了复合衬垫整体单剪试验的应力-位移曲线、相同剪切应力下各个界面的位移大小与变化特征和强度特性。研究结果表明：复合衬垫整体单剪试验的应力-位移曲线在低法向应力试验中没有呈现明显的软化特征,在高法向应力试验中有硬化现象;随法向应力增加剪切破坏面会发生转移;目前常用的把复合衬垫拆分为单个界面进行研究来确定最危险界面的方法不能够正确地反映填埋场中的复合衬垫在加载过程中的衬垫单元的实际受压变形情况和在剪切变形过程中最危险破坏面转移的情况;复合衬垫界面的抗剪强度包线呈现双曲线性质。     

宽级配砾质土作为GCls防渗垫保护层的抗剪强度试验研究

水化后的土工织物黏土垫层(GCls)是良好的复合防渗材料,但同时表现出较低的抗剪强度特性。为改善水化后的GCls抗剪强度低的缺陷,拟采用取自天然并经人工调配的宽级配砾质土料代替黏土作为GCls防渗垫的保护层,共同构成复合防渗系统。文中利用TGH直剪摩擦拉伸仪对筛选出的宽级配砾质土及其与不同水化条件下的GCL接触面进行了试验研究,得到宽级配砾质土样及其与质量含水率分别为50%和完全水化的GCL接触面的抗剪强度试验数据并进行了整理分析。结果显示,宽级配砾质土样的抗剪强度大于其与不同水化条件下的GCL接触面的抗剪强度,且宽级配砾质土与GCL接触面的抗剪强度随GCL含水率的增加而减小。因此,可以根据外荷载作用下土中应力会发生扩散的原理,利用抗剪强度高和压缩性低的砾质土来承担部分甚至全部荷载,以弥补水化后的GCls抗剪强度低的缺陷。     

煤矸石淋滤液中污染物在GCL中的扩散性能

为验证土工合成黏土衬垫（Geosynthetic Clay Liners,GCL）作为煤矸石处置场衬垫层建设材料的可行性,采用垂直式双筒扩散装置进行室内扩散试验,研究了煤矸石淋滤液中典型污染物Zn2+、Mn2+和SO₄2-在人工钠化膨润土GCL中的扩散性能,使用有限层法模拟软件POLLUTE V7对污染物随时间变化的曲线进行拟合,确定3种污染物在人工钠化膨润土GCL中的扩散系数。研究结果表明,污染物在GCL中的扩散系数低于它们在传统压实黏土衬垫层中的扩散系数,从而能更有效地控制煤矸石淋滤液中污染物在GCL中的扩散迁移行为。      

垃圾填埋场斜坡上土工合成材料受力分析

为了评价垃圾填埋场防渗系统材料界面之间的摩擦特性以及土工合成材料端部的应力,进行了模拟试验和有限元分析。采用直接剪切试验,获得了土与短纤维无纺布、短纤维无纺布与HDPE土工膜以及短纤维无纺布与TPO（PE）界面的摩擦角和黏聚力;采用离心模拟试验,得到了伴随土压缩引起的短纤维无纺布和土工膜端部拉应力。试验结果表明：材料界面之间的摩擦角较大,但黏聚力不大;伴随填埋高度的增加,短纤维无纺布和土工膜端部的拉应力也随之增大。运用有限元对土压缩引起的短纤维无纺布和土工膜端部拉应力以及界面的摩擦应力分布进行了分析,并与试验结果进行了对比,分析结果表明：两者基本一致,碾压机械下方土工膜界面之间摩擦应力比较大。     

干湿循环对填埋场压实黏土盖层渗透系数影响研究

针对干湿循环作用下填埋场封场覆盖系统压实黏土防渗失效等问题,系统开展了干湿循环作用下（室内模拟填埋场气候环境）压实黏土渗透特性及微观结构特征试验研究,探讨了干湿循环次数、压实度、试样尺寸对压实黏土渗透系数影响并从微观层次揭示其防渗失效内在本质。研究结果表明：干湿循环前,相同压实度的大、小两种尺寸渗透试样所测渗透系数基本相同,经3次干湿循环后,不同尺寸、不同压实度黏土渗透系数增加量却存在明显差异。干湿循环作用下,小尺寸高、低两压实黏土试样均只收缩不开裂,并且高压实黏土微观结构损伤大于低压缩黏土,其渗透系数的增加量也大于小尺寸低压实黏土。而大尺寸试样裂隙发育与现场压实黏土裂隙发育相似,高压实黏土内部裂隙体积小于低压实黏土,其渗透系数的增加量也小于低压实黏土。同时,大尺寸试样内部大量未闭合宏观裂隙致使其渗透系数增加量大于同等压实度条件下小尺寸试样渗透系数增加量。室内小尺寸试样无法体现干湿循环作用下压实黏土层内部干缩裂隙对其渗透性能的影响,因此,其渗透试验结果不宜作为评价压实黏土长期防渗性能的评价指标。     

水化后GCL中膨润土的微观结构研究

近年来土工织物膨润土垫（GCL）被越来越多地应用到各种防渗工程之中,而水化后GCL中膨润土的微观结构会对GCL的长期防渗性能和力学性能产生影响。采用压汞试验,对水化后GCL中膨润土的微观结构进行定量分析,研究了液体对微观结构的影响,并通过化学分析来揭示液体产生影响的机制。结果表明,(1) 采用垃圾渗滤液水化后的膨润土孔隙体积密度最大,大孔径孔隙所占比例最高;(2) 出现上述规律的原因可以归结为两个方面,一是由于渗滤液中阳离子浓度最高而使得蒙脱石表面双电层厚度最小,二是更加频繁的离子交换作用使得蒙脱石表面大直径离子比例最高。     

Shear Strength Behavior of Two Landfill Clay Liners

Direct shear tests were conducted to obtain both the shear strength of compacted clay liners (CCLs) specimens and the interface shear strength between compacted clay liner and base soil. These experiments were conducted under the conditions of five different water contents. The experimental results show that shear strength of both CCLs and CCLs/base interface decreases with the increase in the water content of CCLs and base soil. In addition, the considerate concentration of NaCl in leachate has no deteriorating effect on the shear strength of liners. Triaxial shear tests were also conducted on clay liner specimens to obtain total and effective shear strength under a fast compression. The shear strength c‘=100 kPa for sand-bentonite, respectively. These results indicate that the compacted clay-bentonite shows normal consolidation, but that the compacted sand-bentonite exhibits over-consolidation.