Numerical analysis of a landfill stabilized with a Reinforced fill structure having geogrid and steel wire mesh as a reinforcing Element
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- Ahsan Rehman Khan (UGent) and Gemmina Di Emidio (UGent)
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- Slope stability is one of the main challenges in industrial landfill designs, where the stakeholders are much concerned about maximizing storage capacity. The heterogeneous composition of waste materials, combined with the potential presence of weak foundation, makes slope stability difficult and therefore slope geometries are formed by choosing either low slope angles or less height, for safe designs. In this study a vertical expansion of an industrial landfill is stabilized using a reinforced fill structure (RFS) designed with finite element method and limit equilibrium method. This RFS comprised a combination of wire mesh and geogrids, serving as primary and secondary reinforcement materials, respectively. Results indicate that RFS allows the increase in the storage capacity by increasing the height of the waste landfill without compromising stability which would otherwise be a concern without RFS. Having more initial cost associated with RFS, the findings highlight not only the economic benefits by accommodating higher storage capacity but also the sustainable waste management practice.
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- Reinforced fill structure, landfill, sustainability, geogrids, wire mesh, finite element method, limit equilibrium method.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01KWY7TGPP4C63W8Z0PQ3MZ3P1
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- Khan, Ahsan Rehman, and Gemmina Di Emidio. “Numerical Analysis of a Landfill Stabilized with a Reinforced Fill Structure Having Geogrid and Steel Wire Mesh as a Reinforcing Element.” Proceedings of the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 June 2026, ÖGG, Austrian Society for Geomechanics, 2026, doi:10.53243/ICSMGE2026-1511.
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- Khan, A. R., & Di Emidio, G. (2026). Numerical analysis of a landfill stabilized with a Reinforced fill structure having geogrid and steel wire mesh as a reinforcing Element. Proceedings of the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 June 2026. Presented at the 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE 2026), Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.53243/ICSMGE2026-1511
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- Khan, Ahsan Rehman, and Gemmina Di Emidio. 2026. “Numerical Analysis of a Landfill Stabilized with a Reinforced Fill Structure Having Geogrid and Steel Wire Mesh as a Reinforcing Element.” In Proceedings of the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 June 2026. ÖGG, Austrian Society for Geomechanics. https://doi.org/10.53243/ICSMGE2026-1511.
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- Khan, Ahsan Rehman, and Gemmina Di Emidio. 2026. “Numerical Analysis of a Landfill Stabilized with a Reinforced Fill Structure Having Geogrid and Steel Wire Mesh as a Reinforcing Element.” In Proceedings of the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 June 2026. ÖGG, Austrian Society for Geomechanics. doi:10.53243/ICSMGE2026-1511.
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- 1.Khan AR, Di Emidio G. Numerical analysis of a landfill stabilized with a Reinforced fill structure having geogrid and steel wire mesh as a reinforcing Element. In: Proceedings of the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 June 2026. ÖGG, Austrian Society for Geomechanics; 2026.
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- [1]A. R. Khan and G. Di Emidio, “Numerical analysis of a landfill stabilized with a Reinforced fill structure having geogrid and steel wire mesh as a reinforcing Element,” in Proceedings of the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 June 2026, Vienna, Austria, 2026.
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author = {{Khan, Ahsan Rehman and Di Emidio, Gemmina}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 June 2026}},
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keywords = {{Reinforced fill structure, landfill, sustainability, geogrids, wire mesh, finite element method, limit equilibrium method.}},
language = {{eng}},
location = {{Vienna, Austria}},
pages = {{4}},
publisher = {{ÖGG, Austrian Society for Geomechanics}},
title = {{Numerical analysis of a landfill stabilized with a Reinforced fill structure having geogrid and steel wire mesh as a reinforcing Element}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.53243/ICSMGE2026-1511}},
year = {{2026}},
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