Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite 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 fiber inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. sand composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to eval...

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Main Authors: Chegenizadeh, Amin, Nikraz, Hamid
Other Authors: Dong-sheng Zu
Format: Conference Paper
Published: The Hong Kong Geotechnical Society and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26080
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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. sand composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to evaluate fiber effect on optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of composite soils. Sand 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 30mm and fiber content were selected as 0.5% and 1%. 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-20.500.11937-260802023-01-27T05:26:33Z Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid Dong-sheng Zu Lalit Borana Fei Tong 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. sand composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to evaluate fiber effect on optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of composite soils. Sand 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 30mm and fiber content were selected as 0.5% and 1%. 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 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26080 The Hong Kong Geotechnical Society and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University restricted
spellingShingle Chegenizadeh, Amin
Nikraz, Hamid
Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand
title Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand
title_full Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand
title_fullStr Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand
title_full_unstemmed Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand
title_short Randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand
title_sort randomly distributed fiber effect on compaction of composite sand
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26080