A simple review of soil reinforcement by using natural and synthetic fibers

SM Hejazi, M Sheikhzadeh, SM Abtahi… - Construction and building …, 2012 - Elsevier
Soil reinforcement is defined as a technique to improve the engineering characteristics of
soil. In this way, using natural fibers to reinforce soil is an old and ancient idea …

A simple review of cemented non-conventional materials: soil composites

A Khajeh, R Jamshidi Chenari, M Payan - Geotechnical and Geological …, 2020 - Springer
Strength and compressibility characteristics of problematic soils such as loose sands and
extra-sensitive clays need to be enhanced for the construction purposes which is due in part …

Influence of fiber addition on mechanical properties of MICP-treated sand

M Li, L Li, U Ogbonnaya, K Wen, A Tian… - Journal of Materials in …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is one of the environmentally friendly ways to
improve engineering properties of sandy soil. A laboratory study was conducted to …

Fibre-reinforced cemented soils compressive and tensile strength assessment as a function of filament length

L Festugato, E Menger, F Benezra, EA Kipper… - Geotextiles and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aims to develop a dosage methodology based on tensile and compressive
strength for artificially cemented fibre reinforced soils considering filament length. The …

Effect of fiber-reinforcement on the strength of cemented soils

NC Consoli, MAA Bassani, L Festugato - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2010 - Elsevier
This study aims to verify the differences in the strength of an artificially cemented sandy soil
with and without fiber reinforcement. The controlling parameters evaluated were the amount …

Application of recycled tire polymer fibers and glass fibers for clay reinforcement

M Valipour, PT Shourijeh, A Mohammadinia - Transportation geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil reinforcement with fibers is a simple, efficient and low-cost (especially by incorporating
waste or recycled fibers) technique for enhancing mechanical characteristics of soft soils …

Static liquefaction of fibre reinforced sand under monotonic loading

E Ibraim, A Diambra, DM Wood, AR Russell - Geotextiles and …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper explores the possibility of improving the monotonic undrained response of a
loose clean sand which normally appears susceptible to the phenomenon of static …

The mechanics of fibre-reinforced sand

APS Dos Santos, NC Consoli, BA Baudet - Géotechnique, 2010 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Fibres can be an effective means of reinforcing soils. This paper presents data from
laboratory triaxial tests on quartzitic sand reinforced with polypropylene fibres. By keeping …

Combined use of geocell reinforcement and rubber–soil mixtures to improve performance of buried pipes

GT Mehrjardi, SNM Tafreshi, AR Dawson - Geotextiles and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Service trench provision and maintenance of buried pipes represent major cost items in the
utilities industry. Using recycled material in order to optimize the design of the buried pipe …

Effect of fiber reinforcement on shear strength and void ratio of soft clay

M Mirzababaei, A Arulrajah, A Haque… - Geosynthetics …, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
In this study, a series of multi-stage drained reverse direct shear tests were carried out on
soft clay samples reinforced with 0.25% and 0.50% polypropylene fibers of 6 mm, 10 mm …