Potential use of fly ash and bentonite mixture as liner or cover at waste disposal areas

Catalagzi fly ash was mixed with a binding material bentonite, at 5 to 30% by weight, to obtain less permeable (k<1.00x10(-7) cm/s) liner material tha t may be used for waste disposal areas. For this purpose, the prepared mixt ures were compacted at optimum moisture content and maximum dry density and their permeabilities were determined. It was found that 20% bentonite-Cata lagzi fly ash mixture may be used as liner or cover at waste disposal areas . In addition, to see the effects of possible leachate from waste disposal areas on the permeability of the prepared mixtures, the experiments were co nducted with moderately basic (20% solution of NaOH) and moderately acidic (20% solution of HCl) liquids as well. In this context, it was observed tha t the long-term (up to 150 days) permeability slightly increased with time. Furthermore, additional laboratory tests, such as unconfined compression t ests, unconsolidated-undrained (UU) and consolidated-undrained (CU) triaxia l tests, indirect tensile tests and consolidation tests, were conducted, an d collapse potentials were also investigated to provide geotechnical parame ters to be used in the design of liners at waste disposal areas.