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Anti-seepage performance of polymer-enhanced three-layer cover system of landfill: Field monitoring and numerical modelling
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Ming Mina, Hefu Pua, *, Chao Zhoub, Xiao Hec, Lusha Jiangc, Shengyi Dengc
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering | 2026, 18(5) : 3891 - 3903
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Anti-seepage performance of polymer-enhanced three-layer cover system of landfill: Field monitoring and numerical modelling
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Ming Mina, Hefu Pua, *, Chao Zhoub, Xiao Hec, Lusha Jiangc, Shengyi Dengc
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  • aState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Geotechnics and Tunnelling, College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
  • bDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 999077, Hong Kong, China
  • cSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
  • Hefu Pu is a professor at Shenzhen University. His main research fields include containment and remediation of contaminated sites, disposal and beneficial reuse of waste materials, improvement of soft soil (mud), and energy geotechnics. He has served as Principal Investigator (PI) for many research funds, including National Key R&D Program of China, general grants of National Natural Science Foundation of China, and others. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed academic papers, including many top journal papers. His research outcome has been applied in various engineering projects and received multiple research awards, including First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Shanxi Province of China, First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Hubei Province of China, and Excellent Paper Award by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics.

Published: 2026-05-25 doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.06.027
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Landfill cover system plays a crucial role in reducing leachate generation by limiting rainwater infiltration. This paper evaluates the field performance of a polymer-enhanced three-layer cover system at a leather sludge dump site in Xinji city, China over a 1-year monitoring period. Waste soil (WS), sand-bentonite mixture (SB), and sand-polymer-bentonite mixture (SPB) were used as the low-permeability layer, respectively, in three test areas, above which the fine-grained cultivated soil and gravel were used in the top and middle layers to form a capillary barrier. During the 1-year monitoring period, the recorded cumulative rainfall was 452.1 mm, and the volumetric water content (VWC) at the top layer fluctuated significantly from 0.13 to 0.45 in response to rainfall and evaporation, but that of the low-permeability layer maintained stable for both cover SB and SPB. No water percolation was detected during the 1-year monitoring period. Furthermore, numerical simulations were carried out to assess the anti-seepage performance under more extreme climatic conditions (i.e., higher rainfall intensity and long-term deterioration of soil permeability). Numerical simulations corroborated the field observations that the SPB layer effectively minimized percolation even under extreme climatic conditions. For example, under the most unfavourable conditions, the computed annual percolation through the cover SPB was 4.7 mm, as low as 27.2% and 8.1% that through the cover SB (=17.3 mm) and WS (=57.9 mm). Overall, the results suggest that the polymer-enhanced three-layer soil cover is a promising alternative to traditional geomembrane-based covers and/or thick composite soil covers.

Landfill cover  /  Water percolation  /  Polymer-modified bentonite  /  Climatic conditions  /  Field monitoring
Ming Min, Hefu Pu, Chao Zhou, Xiao He, Lusha Jiang, Shengyi Deng. Anti-seepage performance of polymer-enhanced three-layer cover system of landfill: Field monitoring and numerical modelling[J]. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2026 , 18 (5) : 3891 -3903 . DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.06.027
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(52478351)
  • Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission(JCYJ20240813143306009)
  • GuangDong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2025A1515011843)
Year 2026 volume 18 Issue 5
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doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.06.027
  • Receive Date:2025-02-08
  • Online Date:2026-06-17
  • Published:2026-05-25
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  • Received:2025-02-08
  • Revised:2025-06-03
  • Accepted:2025-06-03
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(52478351)
Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission(JCYJ20240813143306009)
GuangDong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2025A1515011843)
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    aState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Geotechnics and Tunnelling, College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
    bDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 999077, Hong Kong, China
    cSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

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