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- Title
Semi-Analytical Solutions for Two-Dimensional Transport and Transformation of Contaminants in Soil Medias Associated with Large-Strain Deformation.
- Authors
Yu, Chuang; Ren, Zezhong; Liu, Junfeng; Cai, Xiaoqing; Ma, Jianjun; Yu, Xiaoniu
- Abstract
For the understanding of contaminant transport and transformation through landfill liner soils, most models are proposed with one-dimensional solutions. However, for large-scale contamination analysis, the one-dimensional analytical equations are not valid owing to the restriction of contaminants moving in horizontal direction. Thus, semi-analytical solutions for two-dimensional transport and transformation of contaminants through soil media with the consideration of large-strain deformation have been developed. To achieve this, Gibson's large-strain consolidation theory is applied to capture the deformation of soil media under loading, with self-weight effects being taken into account. Transport and transformation of dissolved or sorbed contaminates in fully saturated finite soil medias are captured by extending a well-developed advection-dispersion model in two-dimensional space. The proposed analytical solutions are validated through simulating the process of coupled transport-transformation process of contaminants and consolidation of a finite soil layer. Profiles of contaminant concentration for different cases have been compared and discussed. The resulting simulation shows that large-strain deformation would restrict the transport and transformation of contaminants significantly, in both horizontal and vertical directions. Parameter studies also indicate that, with the increasing depth of soil layer, the breakthrough time for contaminants increases dramatically; diffusion coefficients affect the two-dimensional distributions of contaminant concentration and fate of contaminant in layered soil significantly. The numerical findings of this study can provide proper suggestions for the design of landfill liners.
- Subjects
POLLUTANTS; SOIL pollution; DEFORMATIONS (Mechanics); STRAIN theory (Chemistry); LANDFILLS &; the environment; LANDFILL liners; SOIL microbiology; SOIL consolidation
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2018, Vol 229, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-018-3975-y