Experimental investigation of bearing capacity of sand reinforced with randomly distributed tire shreds

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 910-916

  Hataf, N ^a   Rahimi, M M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Sand; Tire shred

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; SOILS;

BEARING CAPACITY RATIO (BCR); RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SHRED CONTENT; SHREDS ASPECT RATIO; SOIL DENSITY; TIRE SHRED;

SAND;

EID: 33745213107     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.06.019     Document Type: Article

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