Research Article
Rainfall Reliability Evaluation for Stability of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills on Slope
Table 4
The statistical properties of the parameters for reliability analysis.
| Parameter type | Name | Mean (μ) | Coefficient of variation (COV) | Standard deviation (σ) |
| Geometry parameter | (m) | 20 | 0.01 | 0.2 | (m) | 30 | 0.01 | 0.3 | (°) | 60 | 0.01 | 0.6 | (°) | 30 | 0.01 | 0.3 |
| Material parameter | (kN/m3) | 7 | 0.10 | 0.7 | (kN/m3) | 20 | 0.05 | 1.0 | (kPa) | 34 | 0.20 | 6.8 | (kPa) | 0.35 | 0.20 | 0.07 | (°) | 35 | 0.10 | 3.5 | (°) | 23 | 0.10 | 2.3 |
| Rainfall parameter | (mm/hr) | 50 | 0.02 | 1.0 | (hr) | 36 | 0.01 | 0.36 | Rainfall pattern | 1~7 | — | — |
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Subscript 1 stands for solid waste; subscript 2 stands for geomembrane.
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