• Comprehensive concepts for landfill design including statical calculations, specifications for tenders, quality management and quality control

• Development of innovative construction processes and recycling materials in landfill design

• Mechanical behaviour of mineral residues and residue/soil-mixtures

• Reusage of mineral residues/wastes
  

• Crack propagation in mineral liner systems of landfills

• Loading of mineral base liner systems of landfills due to deformation of waste body

• Frost propagation in mineral liner systems of landfills

• EU-Project Leonardo da Vinci
  GEOTEC - Training System for Environmental Geotechnicans

• EU-Project TEMPUS
  Curriculum and Education in the Field of Soil Ecology

• DAAD-Project Academic Restauration of Southeast Europe

• University of Ghent (Belgium)

• University of Gdansk (Poland)
  Faculty of Hydro- and Environmental Engineering

• Soil mechanics standard tests

• Tension test

• Determination of water transport and heat transfer in cohesive soils

• Direct schear box 30x30 cm
  

• HT-Triaxial test

• True triaxial test

 Universität Kaiserslautern
 Fachgebiet Bodenmechanik und Grundbau
 Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Helmut Meißner
 Postfach 3049
 D-67653 Kaiserslautern

 
 Phone: +49/(0)631-205-2930
 Fax +49/(0)631-205-3806
 Email: bodenm@rhrk.uni-kl.de
 Website: www.uni-kl.de/AG-Meiszner

Topics:

• Laboratory tests: see figures
  

• Physical model: coupling of stress-strain-analysis, water transport and heat transfer

• Numerical model: Finite Element Method

• Dipl.-Ing. Sanaa Wendling

tension test

determination of water transport and heat transfer in cohesive soils

Topics:

• Laboratory test: direct shear tests
  

• Physical model: constitutive model for materials in the liner system as well as contact models

• Numerical model: Finite Element Method

Contact:

• Dipl.-Ing. Katja Abel

direct shear box

Topics:

• Field tests: temperature measurements in liner systems of landfill
  

• Physical model: one-dimensional heat transfer with parameters depending on temperature and moisture content and with modelling of phase changes

• Numerical model: Finite Difference Method

Contact:

• Dr.-Ing. Hans Mathäus Hügel

temperature measurement in liner systems of landfills