Study on strength of fiber 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 fiber inclusion on Unconfined Compressive Strength of composite soil (i.e. sand composite). A series of laboratory Unconfined Compress...

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Main Authors: Chegenizadeh, Amin, Nikraz, Hamid
Other Authors: Harish Mittal
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Research Publishing Services 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42411
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author Chegenizadeh, Amin
Nikraz, Hamid
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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 Unconfined Compressive Strength of composite soil (i.e. sand composite). A series of laboratory Unconfined Compression tests carried out to evaluate fiber effect on strength behavior of composite sand. Clayey sand was selected as soil part of the composite and natural fiber was used as reinforcement to enhance the strength. The fiber parameters changed from one test to another, as fiber length were changed from 10 mm to 30 mm and fiber content were selected as 1% and 4%. For each test, stress_strain graph derived and the results were compared. The results proved that inclusion of fiber affected strength behaviour of sand composite so that increasing in fiber content and length caused increasing in Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS).
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-424112017-03-08T13:31:48Z Study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid Harish Mittal sand reinforced UCS 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 fiber inclusion on Unconfined Compressive Strength of composite soil (i.e. sand composite). A series of laboratory Unconfined Compression tests carried out to evaluate fiber effect on strength behavior of composite sand. Clayey sand was selected as soil part of the composite and natural fiber was used as reinforcement to enhance the strength. The fiber parameters changed from one test to another, as fiber length were changed from 10 mm to 30 mm and fiber content were selected as 1% and 4%. For each test, stress_strain graph derived and the results were compared. The results proved that inclusion of fiber affected strength behaviour of sand composite so that increasing in fiber content and length caused increasing in Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS). 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42411 Research Publishing Services restricted
spellingShingle sand
reinforced
UCS
fiber
Chegenizadeh, Amin
Nikraz, Hamid
Study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand
title Study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand
title_full Study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand
title_fullStr Study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand
title_full_unstemmed Study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand
title_short Study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand
title_sort study on strength of fiber reinforced clayey sand
topic sand
reinforced
UCS
fiber
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42411