Abstract

This study conducted a series of cyclic and monotonic triaxial tests on reconstituted landfill waste material from a closed landfill site in Sydney, Australia, to assess its dynamic behaviour under various testing conditions. Specifically, the effects of cyclic deviatoric stress, loading frequency, and effective confining stress on the cumulative plastic axial strain, resilient modulus, and damping ratio under undrained cyclic loading conditions were investigated. Results indicated that the plastic deformation, resilient modulus, and material damping are significantly influenced by dynamic stress and confining stress, with a lesser impact from loading frequency. Notably, as the number of loading cycles increased, the cumulative plastic axial strain and resilient modulus exhibited an increase, whereas the damping ratio decreased. Furthermore, increasing cyclic deviatoric stress led to an increase in both cumulative plastic axial strain and damping ratio, while an increase in confining stress resulted in a decrease in these parameters. Conversely, the resilient modulus showed an increase with rising cyclic deviatoric stress and confining stress. The influence of loading frequency on cumulative plastic axial strain and resilient modulus was minor, and its effect on the damping ratio was rather negligible. The study observed that initial loading cycles caused rearrangement and reorientation of waste components and the mobilisation of fibres with tensile forces as loading progressed, suggesting that these landfill waste samples behaved comparably to fibrous soil with randomly distributed fibres. Through nonlinear regression analysis, an empirical relationship for cumulative plastic axial strain incorporating cyclic deviatoric stress, confining stress, number of cycles, and frequency was derived. This research contributes valuable insights into the behaviour of compacted landfills as railway subgrades, providing a foundation for informed decision-making in the design of transport infrastructure over closed landfill sites.

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