ABSTRACT
This paper presents a new bilinear bearing model for the strength of municipal solid waste (MSW). The bilinear bearing model includes the two different parts of strength of MSW which are the shear- and the tensile strength. Part one of this paper explains the new model and shows which experimental equipment is necessary to obtain the different parameters of MSW strength. In part two the results of stability determination (shear and tensile strength) are established through the test apparatus presented above. These are compared with shear strength from one- and triaxial tests adapted to MSW. Differences of slope stability calculation according to the different experimental methods are presented within an example.
