Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Effect of Moulding Water Content and Dry Density on Performance of Treated Coir Fiber Reinforced BC
Publication: Geo-Congress 2019: Soil Improvement (GSP 309)
ABSTRACT
Coir fiber being eco-friendly, involves minimum amount of hard work for soil stabilization, and gaining popularity during past few years. This has added a new dimension to the development of coir fibers in the field of geo-textiles as coir possesses high tensile strength and biodegradability for its advantages over other natural and synthetic fibers. Coir fibers with random distribution (RDF) when used as soil reinforcement is found to increase in shear strength, post peak compressive strength, and ductility of the soil. The result from series S1 and S2 of unconfined compressive strength is compared with TCF and UCF of those obtained for BC soil alone. The effect of curing with 0.5% fiber content for varying dry densities and moisture content showed that TCF reinforcement with dry density of 15.5 kN/m3 and 23% moisture content compacted for unconfined compressive strength at 7 days curing was maximum in comparison with all the combinations tested at different curing periods. TCF reinforced BC soil indicated marginal reduction in UCS with curing period where compared with UCF reinforced BC soil, indicating TCF is suitable to be introduced as an admixture.
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Geo-Congress 2019: Soil Improvement (GSP 309)
Pages: 325 - 334
Editors: Christopher L. Meehan, Ph.D., University of Delaware, Sanjeev Kumar, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Miguel A. Pando, Ph.D., University of North Carolina Charlotte, and Joseph T. Coe, Ph.D., Temple University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8211-7
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© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Mar 21, 2019
Published in print: Mar 21, 2019
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Building materials
- Composite materials
- Compressive strength
- Density (material)
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Environmental engineering
- Fabrics
- Fiber reinforced composites
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hydrologic engineering
- Hydrologic properties
- Hydrology
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials engineering
- Pollution
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil pollution
- Soil properties
- Soil stabilization
- Soil strength
- Soil treatment
- Strength of materials
- Water and water resources
- Water content
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