Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil

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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Main Authors: Chegenizadeh, Amin, Nikraz, Hamid
Format: Journal Article
Published: Trans Tech Publications Inc 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23262
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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 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 plastic fiber was used as reinforcement. The fiber parameters differed from one test to another, as fiber length varied from 10 mm to 35mm and fiber content were selected as 0.1% and 0.4%. 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. (2011) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-232622017-01-30T12:36:22Z Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid Fiber Compaction Reinforced soil 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 plastic fiber was used as reinforcement. The fiber parameters differed from one test to another, as fiber length varied from 10 mm to 35mm and fiber content were selected as 0.1% and 0.4%. 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. (2011) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23262 Trans Tech Publications Inc restricted
spellingShingle Fiber
Compaction
Reinforced soil
Chegenizadeh, Amin
Nikraz, Hamid
Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil
title Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil
title_full Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil
title_fullStr Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil
title_full_unstemmed Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil
title_short Investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil
title_sort investigation on compaction characteristics of reinforced soil
topic Fiber
Compaction
Reinforced soil
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23262