Experimental Study on Effect of Waste Plastic Bottle Strips in Soil Improvement

With rapid advancements in technology globally, the use of plastics such as polyethylene bags, bottles etc. is also increasing. The disposal of thrown away wastes pose a serious challenge since most of the plastic wastes are non-biodegradable and unfit for incineration as they emit harmful gases. Soil stabilization improves the engineering properties of weak soils by controlled compaction or adding stabilizers like cement, lime etc. but these additives also have become expensive in recent years. This paper presents a detailed study on the behavior and use of waste plastic in soil improvement. Experimental investigation on reinforced plastic soil results showed that, plastic can be used as an effective stabilizer so as to encounter waste disposal problem as well as an economical solution for stabilizing weak soils. Plastic reinforced soil behaves like a fiber reinforced soil. This study involves the investigation of the effect of plastic bottle strips on silty sand for which a series of compaction, direct shear and California bearing ratio (CBR) tests have been performed with varying percentages of plastic strips and also with different aspect ratios in terms of size. The results reflect that there is significant increment in maximum dry unit weight, Shear Strength Parameters and CBR value with plastic reinforcement in soil. The quantum of improvement in the soil properties depends on type of soil, plastic content and size of strip. It is observed from the study that, improvement in engineering properties of silty sand is achieved at 0.4% plastic content with strip size of (15 mm?×?15 mm).     

冻土的单轴抗压、抗拉强度特性试验研究

在寒区工程建筑物设计中,冻土的抗压、抗拉强度是两个重要的力学指标.在负温条件下,对粉质黏土、黄土和砂土进行单轴抗压和劈裂抗拉试验,研究冻土破坏时的破坏形态、破坏机理、应力-应变曲线和拉应力与径向位移关系曲线的形式,分析单轴抗压强度和劈裂抗拉强度的差异以及这两种强度随土质特性和温度的变化规律.试验结果表明：单轴载荷作用下试样破坏后呈鼓状,且表现为应变软化型塑性破坏特征;劈裂作用下产生沿直径向试样两侧延伸的裂缝,不同土质破坏后裂缝扩展的宽度和深度不同;冻土的抗压强度与抗拉强度均与负温存在很好的线性相关性,随温度的降低而增大;在相同温度条件下,冻土的抗压强度大于其抗拉强度;对于同一种冻土,其抗压强度的温度效应比抗拉强度的温度效应显著.本试验分析结果可为寒区工程的实际应用提供参考.     

Enhancing splitting tensile strength of biocarbonated reactive magnesia-based sand using polypropylene fiber reinforcement

This short communication investigates the involvement of polypropylene fibers in the biocarbonated reactive magnesia cement mixes to improve the splitting tensile strength of sand for soil improvement. By varying the RMC content (5 and 10% by weight of sand) and fiber content (0, 0.5, and 1% by weight of sand), a suitable mix design was determined. The test results showed that the peak tensile strength of biocarbonated RMC-based sand samples with an optimum fiber content of 1% could improve by more than 4 times compared to the biocarbonated sand without fiber reinforcement. This was attributed to the generation of hydrated magnesium carbonates with the microbially induced CO₂/carbonate process, bonding the fiber–matrix and eliminating the brittleness, consequently enhancing the tensile ductility of biocarbonated sand.

     

Undrained behaviour of polypropylene fibre reinforced sandy soil under monotonic loading

Soil improvement using fibres is widely used in soil stabilisation to prevent sand liquefaction. In order to study the undrained behaviour and liquefaction resistance of sand reinforced with polypropylene fibres, a series of triaxial compressive tests were conducted on unreinforced and reinforced Chlef sand with different contents of polypropylene fibres (0, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8%). Samples were prepared at 30% and 80% relative densities representing loose and dense states respectively, and triaxial tests were performed at confining pressures of 50, 100 and 200 kPa. Tests results show that fibre inclusion has a significant effect on the shear strength and dilation of sandy soil. The increase in strength is function of fibre content, relative density and confining pressure. The maximum strength improvement for both loose and dense fibre-reinforced sand is more pronounced at higher confining pressure and at higher fibre content.     

Modelling and simulation of load transfer in reinforced soils: Part 1

Results of both triaxial and direct shear tests on reinforced soil samples performed by different investigators have shown that soil dilatancy and extensibility of the reinforcements have a significant effect on the generated tension forces in the inclusions. An appropriate soil--reinforcement load transfer model, integrating the effect of soil dilatancy and reinforcement extensibility is therefore needed to adequately predict forces in the inclusions under expected working loads. This paper present a load transfer model assuming an elastoplastic strain hardening behaviour for the soil and an elastic--perfectly plastic behaviour for the reinforcement. This model is used to analyse the response of the reinforced soil material under triaxial compression loading. A companion paper present the application of this model for numerical simulations of direct shear tests on sand samples reinforced with different types of tension resisting reinforcements. The model allows an evaluation of the effect of various parameters such as mechanical characteristics and dilatancy properties of the soil, extensibility of the reinforcements, and their inclination with respect to the failure surface, on the development of resisting tensile stresses in the reinforcements. A parametric study is conducted to evaluate the effect of these parameters on the behaviour of the reinforced soil material. An attempt is also made to verify the proposed model by comparing numerical predictions with available experimental results of both triaxial and direct shear tests on reinforced soil samples. This model can be used for analysis and design of reinforced soil walls with different types of tension resisting inclusions to predict tension forces under expected working loads.     

土工格栅加筋土地基平板载荷试验研究

在近年来的岩土工程实践中,土工合成材料加筋土技术得到越来越广泛的应用。采用平板载荷板试验方法,进行了多组加筋砂土地基模型试验,监测和分析了不同加筋材料（双向格栅与四向格栅）和加筋层数对土工格栅加筋土地基承载特性的影响。研究结果表明：土工格栅加筋土地基与无筋地基相比,承载性能得到改善,双层加筋明显优于单层加筋;土工格栅加筋限制了浅层地基的侧向变形,相同荷载下地基沉降减小,可恢复变形增大;模型试验中测得加筋材料应变和拉力很小,与土工格栅强度相比,拉伸模量对加筋土地基承载力的贡献更大。     

掺绿砂改良膨胀土室内试验研究

绿砂高额的处理费用与其具有的再利用潜力相比,使绿砂再利用的研究得到重视,尤其对公路路基改良具有很大的利用潜力。针对膨胀土路基的胀缩问题,围绕绿砂及膨胀土-绿砂混合物进行一系列室内土工试验,探讨绿砂作为公路膨胀土路基改良剂的可行性。在不同含水率及不同配比条件下,对绿砂以及绿砂改良后膨胀土的基本物理性质、击实特性、力学特性等进行室内对比试验分析。分析结果表明,绿砂改良膨胀土试样的强度主要取决于试样的含水率、掺砂率;随着掺砂率的增加,塑性指数逐渐降低,最佳含水率也随之减小,最大干密度增大的幅度变化很小,无侧限抗压强度先降低而后提高,其后又降低。     

Influence of Randomly Distributed Coir Fibers on Shear Strength of Clay

The use of natural fibers such as coir for soil improvement is highly attractive in countries where such materials are locally and economically obtainable, in view of the preservation of natural environment and cost effectiveness. This paper discusses shear strength of clay reinforced with randomly distributed coir fibers based on a series of consolidated undrained triaxial compression tests. Test results show that major principal stress at failure for clay-coir fiber matrix increases with increase in fiber content (W _f ) and fiber aspect ratio (A _r ). For all the combinations of fiber contents and aspect ratios, failure principal stress envelope exhibits a curvilinear variation with a transition at a confining stress, known as critical confining stress. Separate regression analyses have been performed for observations below and above critical confining stress to develop mathematical models, which consider fiber content, aspect ratio, confining stress and plain soil characteristics as the input parameter, to predict major principal stress at failure for the clay-fiber composite. In general, the study identifies that the inclusion of discrete coir fibers in random fashion significantly improves the shear strength of clay and hence could be effectively used for the cases where in-place mixing of soil with fibers is possible (e.g., pavement sub-grade, landfill liner, small embankment). The developed regression models may be used in the design phase for the rough estimation of shear strength of the composite.     

Fibre reinforced sands: from experiments to modelling and beyond

Based on hypotheses derived directly from experimental observations of the triaxial behaviour, a constitutive model for fibre reinforced sands is built in this paper. Both the sand matrix and the fibres obey their own constitutive law, whereas their contributions are superimposed using a volumetric homogenization procedure. The Severn‐Trent sand model, which combines well‐known concepts such as critical state theory, Mohr‐Coulomb like strength criterion, bounding surface plasticity and kinematic hardening, is adopted for the sand matrix. Although the fibres are treated as discrete forces with defined orientation, an equivalent continuum stress for the fibre phase is derived to allow the superposition of effects of sand and fibres. The fibres are considered as purely tensile elements following a linear elastic constitutive rule. The strain in the fibres is expressed as a fraction of the strain in the reinforced sample so that imperfect bonding is assumed at the sand‐fibre interface. Only those fibres oriented within the tensile strain domain of the sample can mobilize tensile stress—the orientation of fibres is one of the key ingredients to capture the anisotropic behaviour of fibre reinforced soil that is observed for triaxial compression and extension loading. A further mechanism of partition of the volume of voids between the fibres and the sand matrix is introduced and shown to be fundamental for the simulation of the volumetric behaviour of fibre‐reinforced soils. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

土工格栅加筋垫层加固软土地基模型试验分析

基于压缩、剪切、拉拔、抗拉试验结果分析了土工格栅加筋土的力学特性。通过室内模型试验研究了加土工格栅和不加土工格栅地基土的侧向位移和竖向位移随深度的变化规律、位移场、应力场、应变场。结果表明,土工格栅加筋垫层能有效地改变和阻止塑性区的形成和发展,对下卧软土地基起到扩散应力、均化应力的作用,控制软土地基塑性变形,增强地基延性和刚度,有效地控制地基竖向位移和侧向位移,增强地基的抗剪强度,增强整个地基的稳定性,提高了加筋土体的承载能力,为实际工程应用提供了可靠的理论依据。     

Equivalent Continuum Simulations of Geocell Reinforced Sand Beds Supporting Strip Footings

This paper presents an equivalent continuum method for simulating the behaviour of geocell reinforced sand foundation beds, using finite element technique. An equivalent composite model is used for numerically simulating the improvement in the strength and stiffness of sand confined with geocells. Shear strength of geocell encased sand is derived from the additional confining pressure due to geocell using hoop tension theory. The stiffness of geocell encased sand is represented by an empirical equation in terms of the stiffness of the unreinforced sand and the tensile modulus of the geocell material. Numerical simulations of strip footings resting on sand bed are carried out with and without geocell layer, varying parameters like, the dimensions of geocell layer, pocket size, depth of placement of geocell layer and the tensile modulus of the geocell material. The results of numerical analyses are validated with the corresponding experimental results. The comparison between the numerical results and the experimental results is found to be reasonably good. Some significant observations on the mechanism of geocell reinforcement have been presented in this paper.     

Laboratory Study on the Relative Performance of Silty-Sand Soils Reinforced with Linen Fiber

Randomly distributed fibers have been successfully used for the reinforcement of soils to improve their properties. However, the technique requires extensive testing on samples before it can be implemented. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify and quantify the influence of variables of linen-fiber (content and aspect ratio) on the performance of linen-fiber reinforced silty-sand specimens. The linen fibers have filament textures with special properties such as: low costs, plenitude in the region, lightweight, tension capacity and relative strength against deterioration. Linen fibers with diverse fiber contents (0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.0% of dry weight) and ratio aspect (50, 100 and 150) were used. The composite soils were laboratory tested for compaction, unconfined compression strength (UCS), California Bearing Ratio (CBR) and direct shear tests. The test results indicated that adding linen fiber in silty-sand soil resulted in increasing in unconfined compression strength, California Bearing Ratio values, peak friction angle and cohesion values. Furthermore, adding linen fibers have the dual benefit of increasing the stiffness (modulus of elasticity) and the ductility of the reinforced soil. However, this study suggests that the optimum fiber content for silty-sand samples reinforced with linen fibers is approximately 0.75% of the dry weight of the soil and a maximum performance was achieved at aspect ratio of 100 to avoid fiber balling. The laboratory results were used for the development of linear regression equation that best relates the UCS and CBR of a reinforced soil to the aforementioned parameters.     

纤维加筋土工程性质研究进展

纤维加筋是一种新型的土体改良技术,是指将分散的纤维丝均匀掺入土体中,达到提高土体的工程力学性能的目的。本文根据国内外近20a来在该领域取得的成果,着重对纤维加筋材料、纤维加筋土的工程性质及加筋机理等方面的研究进展进行了介绍。在纤维加筋材料方面,主要有人工合成纤维和自然纤维两种; 在纤维加筋土工程性质方面,纤维加筋能有效提高土体的抗剪、抗压、抗拉强度和承载力,增加土体的破坏韧性和渗透性,降低膨胀土的胀缩性和裂隙发育程度; 在纤维加筋机理方面,目前主要认为纤维的加筋效果主要取决于纤维-土界面的力学作用,即界面黏聚力和摩擦力。最后,针对目前纤维加筋土的研究不足,提出了今后该领域的研究重点和方向,主要包括: 开发简单可行的纤维土施工器具和工艺、开发更专业的纤维产品和降低纤维成本、开展大尺度模型试验和现场试验、纤维-土界面作用机理研究、纤维加筋土的破坏和失效机理研究、纤维加筋土的力学模型及计算理论研究、纤维加筋土的动力学特性研究等。     

高分子固化剂/纤维改良砂土的抗拉强度试验研究

本文采用高分子固化剂和聚丙烯纤维对砂土进行复合加固,通过对不同聚丙烯纤维含量、固化剂含量和干密度的重塑试样进行抗拉试验,测量试样破坏时的最大拉应力,对比不同试样抗拉强度的变化规律,并结合扫描电镜对复合加固机理进行较为深入的分析。试验结果表明,高分子固化剂和聚丙烯纤维的复合加固能够显著提高砂土的抗拉强度,纤维含量、固化剂含量和干密度对改良砂土的抗拉强度均具有较大的影响。当干密度和高分子固化剂含量一定时,砂土抗拉强度随纤维含量的增加逐渐增加,当固化剂含量为4%,干密度为1.5 g·cm-3时,纤维含量从0.2%到0.8%,抗拉强度从79.06 kPa增加到194.51 kPa;当干密度和纤维含量一定时,砂土抗拉强度随着高分子固化剂含量的增加而增加,当纤维含量为0.8%,干密度为1.5g·cm-3时,固化剂含量从1%到4%,抗拉强度从63.16 kPa增加到194.51 kPa;当高分子固化剂含量和纤维含量一定时,抗拉强度随着干密度的增加先增加后减小,在干密度为1.55 g·cm-3左右达到峰值。复合加固结合物理和化学加固的优点,通过纤维在颗粒间的相互作用力和固化剂在颗粒间的联结力,从而提高改良砂土的抗拉性能。本研究结果为进一步研究砂土复合加固及其工程应用提供一定的参考依据。     

排水板和砂井联合堆载预压加固海相软土地基的工作性状的现场试验

针对场地内夹杂岸堤、塘埂和人行道路网的深厚海相软土地基处理,提出塑料排水板和袋装砂井联合堆载预压加固方法,并通过现场试验研究该类地基在路堤填筑及堆载预压过程中的地表及深层沉降特性、超孔隙水压力消散机制和地基水平位移规律等工作性状。结果表明,采用该方法处理深厚海相软土地基具有良好的加固效果,地基沉降大部分在填筑期和预压期间发生,有效降低了场地的工后沉降和施工工期,可为沿海深厚复杂海相软土地基加固处理提供参考;塑料排水板和袋装砂井联合堆载预压处理地基的沉降-时间曲线呈多级式发展,袋装砂井处理部位的沉降量小于塑料排水板处;软基上部土体的排水效果明显优于中、下部土体,排水板处理区域的超孔隙水压力大于砂井处理区域;软基顶部土体向堆载区域移动,地表3 m以下的软土层被挤向堆载处理区域外。     

锰铁废渣作为道路基层填料的试验研究

现代工业迅猛发展的同时，也随之产生大量的工业废渣。利用工业废渣修筑道路基层，既可以达到道路基层的强度标准，也可以解决大量废渣的处理问题，具有十分重要的现实意义。论文对锰铁废渣的化学成份进行了分析，对风积土的物理力学性质进行了试验研究，获得了大量的科学数据。同时利用石灰、锰铁废渣、碎石和风积砂土作为路面基层稳定土的原材料，进行了配比试验和性能测试。在试验过程中，运用均匀设计方法安排试验，测量稳定土的各项指标。依据试验结果，采用SPSS软件进行了回归分析，得到了稳定土无侧限抗压强度的回归方程。试验结果表明，利用锰铁废渣作为道路基层的填料是可行的，既可以节约原材料的能量消耗，又可以减少环境污染，具有广泛的应用前景和显著的社会效益、环境效益与经济效益。     

H-V加筋饱和砂土性状的三轴试验研究

进行了H-V（水平-竖向）加筋饱和砂土固结不排水三轴试验。加筋材料采用镀锌铁皮和有机玻璃两种不同材料,在不同竖筋高度、不同围压下共进行了44组试验,研究了加筋饱和砂土的应力-应变关系、孔压-应变关系、强度特性及破坏形态,探讨了不同加筋高度、不同围压及不同筋材对加筋饱和砂土强度的影响,同时比较了立体加筋与土工格室加筋的异同,对饱和紧砂的空化现象及其影响进行了分析。试验结果表明,相对于无筋土及传统的水平加筋土而言,其抗剪强度均有大幅度提高;尤其是镀锌铁皮加筋,不仅提高了饱和砂土的有效黏聚力,也提高了有效内摩擦角,同时改善了砂土的延性。     

Bearing Capacity of Eccentrically–Obliquely Loaded Footings Resting on Fiber-Reinforced Sand

This paper presents the method proposed to calculate the bearing capacity of a square footing under oblique and eccentric oblique loading condition (satisfying both shear failure and settlement criteria) resting on fiber reinforced sand layer underlain by sand with geosynthetic/fabric sheet at the interface. Large direct shear tests were carried out to investigate the shear strength parameters of sand and randomly distributed fiber reinforced sand (RDFS) and soil-plastic fabric sheet bond. The ultimate bearing capacity of RDFS was determined using direct shear results. Non-dimensional charts proposed by Kumar (Behaviour of eccentrically–obliquely loaded footing on reinforced earth slab. Ph.D. thesis, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 2002) were used to consider the contribution of plastic fabric sheet in increasing the bearing capacity. Also, for calculating the settlement, horizontal deformation and tilt at a given pressure the regression analysis of plate load test data have been carried out. The predicted values of ultimate bearing capacity, settlement, horizontal deformation and tilt are compared with the experimental values which are in good agreement with each other. There appeared to be an increase in the residual shear strength and angle of internal friction of RDFS.     

塑料土工格栅拉伸特性试验研究

进行土工格栅加筋土结构现场试验时,如何将实测应变有效地转换成拉应力对正确分析结构的作用机制具有重要影响。通过室内试验,研究了不同拉伸速率对3种强度的HDPE土工格栅拉伸性能的影响。试验结果表明：土工格栅的拉伸强度和拉伸模量随拉伸速率的降低而降低,峰值应变随拉伸速率的降低而增加。土工格栅强度越高,受拉伸速率的影响越小。在特定的拉伸速率条件下,同一种土工格栅对应2％,5％,10％应变和峰值应变的拉伸强度依次增大,而拉伸模量却依次减小。试验结果具有较强的实用价值。