Improvement of Low Plasticity Clayey Soils Using Polypropylene Fibers

Author(s):  
Aykut Senol ◽  
S. Banu Ikizler ◽  
Ehsan Etminan ◽  
Gokhan Demir
Author(s):  
Aykut Senol ◽  
Ehsan Etminan ◽  
Hasan Yildirim ◽  
C. Guney Olgun

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Dharmender Kumar Soni

AbstractLime and cement are quite compatible for stabilizing clayey soils; changes in a thermal regime may inversely affect the advantages of stabilized soil. The present study interprets changes in the mechanical behaviour of frozen and unfrozen Himalayan soil samples through an unconfined compressive strength test. The soil was treated with ground eggshell powder (3%-9%) and alkali activator (Sodium chloride) (2%-6%); it was reinforced with arbitrarily distributed polypropylene fibers (0.05%-0.15%). Standard 7, 14 and 21-day-old soil specimens were tested in unfrozen conditions, while fresh 21-day-old soil specimens were tested after 3, 5 and 10 freeze-thaw cycles. The design of the experiments was based on the Taguchi technique and arranged in an orthogonal array. The results of the research clearly show that poultry waste (eggshell powder) and alkaline soil stabilizer improved the strength behaviour of the subject soil. On the other hand, the polypropylene fibers played an important role in changing the brittle behaviour of the stabilized soil to ductile behaviour. The sudden collapse of a structure may be avoided by using polypropylene fibers.


Author(s):  
Trần Thanh Nhàn

In order to observe the end of primary consolidation (EOP) of cohesive soils with and without subjecting to cyclic loading, reconstituted specimens of clayey soils at various Atterberg’s limits were used for oedometer test at different loading increments and undrained cyclic shear test followed by drainage with various cyclic shear directions and a wide range of shear strain amplitudes. The pore water pressure and settlement of the soils were measured with time and the time to EOP was then determined by different methods. It is shown from observed results that the time to EOP determined by 3-t method agrees well with the time required for full dissipation of the pore water pressure and being considerably larger than those determined by Log Time method. These observations were then further evaluated in connection with effects of the Atterberg’s limit and the cyclic loading history.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maki Jafar Mohammed Al-Waily ◽  
Maysa Salem Al-Qaisi
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2021 ◽  
Vol 1136 (1) ◽  
pp. 012046
Author(s):  
Bala Gopal Adapala ◽  
Durga Chaitanya Kumar Jagarapu ◽  
Syed Hamim Jeelani ◽  
B. Sarath Chandra Kumar ◽  
Arunakanthi Eluru

Author(s):  
Pieter Bots ◽  
M. Josick Comarmond ◽  
Timothy E. Payne ◽  
Katharina Gückel ◽  
Rebecca J. Lunn ◽  
...  

Correction for ‘Emerging investigator series: a holistic approach to multicomponent EXAFS: Sr and Cs complexation in clayey soils’ by Pieter Bots et al., Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1EM00121C.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3522
Author(s):  
Marta Caballero-Jorna ◽  
Marta Roig-Flores ◽  
Pedro Serna

The use of synthetic fibers in fiber-reinforced concretes (FRCs) is often avoided due to the mistrust of lower performance at changing temperatures. This work examines the effect of moderate temperatures on the flexural strengths of FRCs. Two types of polypropylene fibers were tested, and one steel fiber was employed as a reference. Three-point bending tests were carried out following an adapted methodology based on the standard EN 14651. This adapted procedure included an insulation system that allowed the assessment of FRC flexural behavior after being exposed for two months at temperatures of 5, 20, 35 and 50 °C. In addition, the interaction of temperature with a pre-cracked state was also analyzed. To do this, several specimens were pre-cracked to 0.5 mm after 28 days and conditioned in their respective temperature until testing. The findings suggest that this range of moderate temperatures did not degrade the behavior of FRCs to a great extent since the analysis of variances showed that temperature is not always a significant factor; however, it did have an influence on the pre-cracked specimens at 35 and 50 °C.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2476
Author(s):  
Haiwen Li ◽  
Sathwik S. Kasyap ◽  
Kostas Senetakis

The use of polypropylene fibers as a geosynthetic in infrastructures is a promising ground treatment method with applications in the enhancement of the bearing capacity of foundations, slope rehabilitation, strengthening of backfills, as well as the improvement of the seismic behavior of geo-systems. Despite the large number of studies published in the literature investigating the properties of fiber-reinforced soils, less attention has been given in the evaluation of the dynamic properties of these composites, especially in examining damping characteristics and the influence of fiber inclusion and content. In the present study, the effect of polypropylene fiber inclusion on the small-strain damping ratio of sands with different gradations and various particle shapes was investigated through resonant column (macroscopic) experiments. The macroscopic test results suggested that the damping ratio of the mixtures tended to increase with increasing fiber content. Accordingly, a new expression was proposed which considers the influence of fiber content in the estimation of the small-strain damping of polypropylene fiber-sand mixtures and it can be complementary of damping modeling from small-to-medium strains based on previously developed expressions in the regime of medium strains. Additional insights were attempted to be obtained on the energy dissipation and contribution of fibers of these composite materials by performing grain-scale tests which further supported the macroscopic experimental test results. It was also attempted to interpret, based on the grain-scale tests results, the influence of fiber inclusion in a wide spectrum of properties for fiber-reinforced sands providing some general inferences on the contribution of polypropylene fibers on the constitutive behavior of granular materials.


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