Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering

Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering

Shear Modulus of Silty Sand Reinforced by Carpet Waste Strips

Document Type : Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Authors
1 Iran University of Science and Technology
2 Power and Water University of Technology
3 IIEES
4 Golestan University
5 Guilan University
Abstract
The most important parameters in evaluation of dynamic behavior of soil structures such as highways, retaining walls, and embankments are shear modulus and damping ratio. A fiber reinforced soil behaves as a composite material in which fibers of relatively high tensile strength are embedded in a matrix of soil. Shear stresses in the soil mobilize tensile resistance in the fibers, which in turn imparts greater strength to the soil. This study deals with assessment of fine sand reinforced with carpet and geotextile strips when subjected to dynamic loading by performing two sets of cyclic triaxial test- large scale and small scale. In these tests the influences of various parameters such as confining pressure, mixture ratio, and the ratio of strip length to its thickness which will herein be referred to as aspect ratio on the dynamic behavior of reinforced fine sand were studied. The results demonstrate that the effects of this kind of reinforcement on shear modulus in low confining pressures (less than 100kPa) are negligible and in high confining pressures are considerable.
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Volume 11, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Autumn 2009
Pages 133-142

  • Receive Date 22 September 2014
  • Accept Date 26 December 2020
  • Publish Date 01 October 2009