Compaction characteristics 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: Harish Mittal
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Research Publishing Services 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8528
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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 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 plastic fibre was used as reinforcement. The fibre parameters differed from one test to another, as fibre length varied from 10 mm to 35mm and fibre content were selected as 1%, 4% and 5%. 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-20.500.11937-85282017-03-08T13:31:50Z Compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand Chegenizadeh, Amin Nikraz, Hamid Harish Mittal compaction clayey sand 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 plastic fibre was used as reinforcement. The fibre parameters differed from one test to another, as fibre length varied from 10 mm to 35mm and fibre content were selected as 1%, 4% and 5%. 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/20.500.11937/8528 Research Publishing Services restricted
spellingShingle compaction
clayey sand
reinforced
fiber
Chegenizadeh, Amin
Nikraz, Hamid
Compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand
title Compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand
title_full Compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand
title_fullStr Compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand
title_full_unstemmed Compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand
title_short Compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand
title_sort compaction characteristics of reinforced clayey sand
topic compaction
clayey sand
reinforced
fiber
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8528