Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand

Composite soils have been widely used in civil engineering applications, especially in slopes, embankment dam and landfills. This paper aims to investigate effect of fibre inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. clayey sand composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out...

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Main Authors: Chegenizadeh, Amin, Nikraz, Hamid
Other Authors: Unknown
Format: Conference Paper
Published: WASET 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19475
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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 fibre inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. clayey sand composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to evaluate fibre effect on optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of composite soils. Clayey sand was selected as soil part of the composite and natural fibre was used as reinforcement. The fibre parameters differed from one test to another, as fibre length varied from 15 mm to 30 mm and fibre content were selected as 0.5% and 0.7%. For each test, compaction curved derived and the results were compared. The results proved that inclusion of fibre affected compaction behaviour of samples so that increasing in fibre content and length caused increasing in Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and slightly decreased maximum dry unit weight.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-194752017-01-30T12:14:04Z Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid Unknown sand direct shear reinforced fiber Composite soils have been widely used in civil engineering applications, especially in slopes, embankment dam and landfills. This paper aims to investigate effect of fibre inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. clayey sand composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to evaluate fibre effect on optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of composite soils. Clayey sand was selected as soil part of the composite and natural fibre was used as reinforcement. The fibre parameters differed from one test to another, as fibre length varied from 15 mm to 30 mm and fibre content were selected as 0.5% and 0.7%. For each test, compaction curved derived and the results were compared. The results proved that inclusion of fibre affected compaction behaviour of samples so that increasing in fibre content and length caused increasing in Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and slightly decreased maximum dry unit weight. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19475 WASET fulltext
spellingShingle sand
direct shear
reinforced
fiber
Chegenizadeh, Amin
Nikraz, Hamid
Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand
title Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand
title_full Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand
title_fullStr Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand
title_full_unstemmed Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand
title_short Compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand
title_sort compaction parameters of reinforced clayey sand
topic sand
direct shear
reinforced
fiber
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19475