Behaviour of tire shred - Sand mixtures

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-241

  Zornberg, Jorge G ^a   Cabral, Alexandre R ^b   Viratjandr, Chardphoom ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Reinforcement; Shear strength; Stress strain behaviour; Tire shreds; Triaxial testing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN; TIRES;

BACKFILL MATERIALS; TIRE SHREDS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MIXING; RECYCLING; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TIRE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 3042633970     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-086     Document Type: Article

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