Strength and mechanical behavior of short polypropylene fiber reinforced and cement stabilized clayey soil

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-202

  Tang, Chaosheng ^a   Shi, Bin ^a   Gao, Wei ^a   Chen, Fengjun ^a   Cai, Yi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cemented soil; Fiber reinforced soil; Interfacial interaction; Mechanical behavior; SEM

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL CEMENT; SOIL TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FIBER-REINFORCED SOIL; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS);

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GEOTEXTILE; REINFORCED EARTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

COMPRESSION; FIBER PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; SHEAR PROPERTY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRENGTH; TESTING;

EID: 33847649630     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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