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Development of an undisturbed method to measure density of improved municipal solid waste using heavy tamping

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dc.contributor.author Basnayake, ABMRS
dc.contributor.author Nawagamuwa, UP
dc.contributor.editor Hettiarachchi, MTP
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-18T10:35:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-18T10:35:33Z
dc.date.issued 2016-12
dc.identifier.citation Basnayake, A.B.M.R.S. & Nawagamuwa, U.P. (2016). Development of an undisturbed method to measure density of improved municipal solid waste using heavy tamping. In M.T.P. Hettiarachchi (Ed.), Proceedings of the Civil Engineering Research Symposium 2016 (pp. 54-57). Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17859
dc.description.abstract The core-cutter method can disturb a sensitive municipal solid waste (MSW) sample when measuring dry density of the soil. A mechanism has been developed to reduce this disturbance significantly, thus trying to obtain an accurate value for the dry density. The “resistance to the penetration” parameter of the soil was used as the theoretical background to develop graphical solution. An instrument was developed to measure penetration per blow value and it was calibrated with actual dry densities using Proctor compaction test. This mechanism was used to measure the compaction effect of heavy dynamic compaction, used in a predetermined grid pattern on a prepared MSW sample. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject Municipal solid waste
dc.subject Dry density
dc.subject Heavy tamping
dc.title Development of an undisturbed method to measure density of improved municipal solid waste using heavy tamping en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Civil Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Civil Engineering Research Symposium 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Katubedda en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 54-57 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the Civil Engineering Research Symposium 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.email udeni@uom.lk en_US


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