Skip to Main Content
Skip Nav Destination
ASME Press Select Proceedings
International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology, 3rd, (ICMET-China 2011), Volumes 1–3Available to Purchase
By
Yi Xie
Yi Xie
Search for other works by this author on:
ISBN:
9780791859810
No. of Pages:
906
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2011

Composite soils have been widely used in civil engineering applications, especially in slopes, embankment dam and landfills. This paper aims to investigate effect of fiber inclusion on compaction characteristic of composite soil (i.e. clay composite). A series of laboratory tests carried out to evaluate fiber effect on optimum water content and maximum dry unit weight of composite soils. Clay was selected as soil part of the composite and glass fiber was used as reinforcement. The fiber parameters differed from one test to another, as fiber length varied from 15 mm to 25mm and fiber content were selected as 0.25% and 0.75%. For each test, compaction curved derived and the results were compared. The results proved that inclusion of fiber affected compaction behaviour of samples so that increasing in fiber content and length caused increasing in Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and slightly decreased maximum dry unit weight.

Abstract
Key Words
1. Introduction
2. Material
3. Test Program
4. Test Methodology and Procedure
5. Results and Discussions
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Reference
This content is only available via PDF.
You do not currently have access to this chapter.

or Create an Account

Close Modal
Close Modal