Title
Improvement of the shear strength parameters of an expansive soil using recycled glass powder and polypropylene fibers
Date Issued
30 September 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
In this article, the geotechnical behavior of the reinforced soil is studied through additions of polypropylene fiber and recycled glass powder, this in order to obtain a homogeneously reinforced soil matrix to reduce possible structural failures, differential settlements and increase capacity bearing. The sample used was classified as a clay soil with low plasticity (CL) and with moderately expansive characteristics, based on the values of the Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index. The effect of the 1% polypropylene fiber and different amounts of recycled glass powder (0%, 4%, 5%, 6.5%), with respect to dry weight is analyzed in this soil. The purpose of varying the quantity of these materials is to find a trend of the strength parameters and obtain the optimal percentages that provides improvements in geotechnical behavior. Modified Proctor and Direct Shear tests were carried out, this latter to obtain the shear strength parameters of the mixtures and compare them with the clay soil. Finally, the optimal result for soil improvement was the mixture made by 1% polypropylene fiber and 4% glass powder, which achieved an increase of the angle of friction and cohesion.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Bioproductos (productos que se manufacturan usando biotecnología), biomateriales, bioplásticos, biocombustibles, materiales nuevos bioderivados, químicos finos bioredivados
Ingeniería civil
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096591180
Resource of which it is part
2020 Congreso Internacional de Innovacion y Tendencias en Ingenieria, CONIITI 2020 - Conference Proceedings
ISBN of the container
9781728194660
Conference
2020 Congreso Internacional de Innovacion y Tendencias en Ingenieria, CONIITI 2020 - 2020 International Conference on Innovation and Trends in Engineering, CONIITI 2020 Bogota 30 September 2020 through 2 October 2020
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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