Bentonite composite and fibre
Composite soils have been widely used in civil engineering applications, especially in slopes, embankment dam and landfills. This paper aims to investigate effect of fiber inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. clay composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to eval...
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| author | Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid |
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| description | Composite soils have been widely used in civil engineering applications, especially in slopes, embankment dam and landfills. This paper aims to investigate effect of fiber inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. clay composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to evaluate fiber effect on optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of composite soils. Clay was selected as soil part of the composite and natural fiber was used as reinforcement. The fiber parameters differed from one test to another, as fiber length varied from 10 mm to 20mm and fiber content were selected as 0.1% and 0.25%. For each test, compaction curved derived and the results were compared. The results proved that inclusion of fiber affected compaction behaviour of samples so that increasing in fiber content and length caused increasing in Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and slightly decreased maximum dry unit weight. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-150602019-09-06T00:59:41Z Bentonite composite and fibre Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid Composite soils have been widely used in civil engineering applications, especially in slopes, embankment dam and landfills. This paper aims to investigate effect of fiber inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. clay composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to evaluate fiber effect on optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of composite soils. Clay was selected as soil part of the composite and natural fiber was used as reinforcement. The fiber parameters differed from one test to another, as fiber length varied from 10 mm to 20mm and fiber content were selected as 0.1% and 0.25%. For each test, compaction curved derived and the results were compared. The results proved that inclusion of fiber affected compaction behaviour of samples so that increasing in fiber content and length caused increasing in Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and slightly decreased maximum dry unit weight. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15060 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.652-654.38 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid Bentonite composite and fibre |
| title | Bentonite composite and fibre |
| title_full | Bentonite composite and fibre |
| title_fullStr | Bentonite composite and fibre |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bentonite composite and fibre |
| title_short | Bentonite composite and fibre |
| title_sort | bentonite composite and fibre |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15060 |