Geotechnical characteristics of cement stabilized soils from various aspects: A comprehensive review

MJ Roshan, ASBA Rashid - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2024 - Springer
The geotechnical shortcomings observed in infrastructure projects, mainly arising from the
inadequate mechanical properties of weak soils, pose significant challenges that can lead to …

A review of soil reinforcement with planetary fibers

MM Shalchian, M Arabani - Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2022 - Springer
The applications of sustainable and renewable materials have received considerable
attention in geotechnical engineering. Soil reinforcement with plant-based fibers is a cost …

Influences of silica fume particles and polyethylene terephthalate fibers on the mechanical characteristics of cement-treated sandy soil using ultrasonic pulse velocity

A Hasanzadeh, I Shooshpasha - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the …, 2022 - Springer
One of the approaches in the geotechnical engineering for coping with poor soils is to
modify their mechanical characteristics with the aid of soil improvement strategies such as …

Effect of randomly distributed polypropylene fibers on unconfined compressive strength, shear strength, and compressibility characteristics of Algerian high plasticity …

A Meddah, AE Goufi, K Chaa - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023 - Springer
Fibers are commonly used to improve the geotechnical properties of problematic soil (eg,
high-plasticity fine-grained soils). Such clays are characterized by low strength and high …

Experimental investigation of the mechanical behavior and engineering properties of sand reinforced with hemp fiber

A Vafaei, AJ Choobbasti, RY Koutenaei… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Tensile components are present in soil-based fibers that are dispersed randomly and are
used to support tensile stress. The stabilization and shear strength of soil is increased …

Enhancing mechanical properties of low plasticity clay soil using hemp fibers: effects of fiber content and fiber surface coating

MF Yazici, SN Keskin - Iranian Journal of Science and Technology …, 2024 - Springer
In this study, the effect of different fiber contents (0.05%, 0.10%, 0.15%, and 0.20%) on the
mechanical properties of low plasticity clay soils reinforced with raw and coated was …

A study on the combined effects of silica fume particles and polyethylene terephthalate fibres on the mechanical and microstructural characteristics of cemented sand

A Hasanzadeh, I Shooshpasha - International Journal of Geosynthetics …, 2021 - Springer
In this research, a study was undertaken to investigate the effects of silica fume particles and
randomly distributed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibres on the behaviour of cemented …

Effect of silica fume on the ultrasonic pulse velocity of cemented sand

I Shooshpasha, A Hasanzadeh… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the geotechnical engineering strategies for dealing with weak soils in a construction
site is to modify their mechanical properties with the aid of soil improvement techniques …

Effects of cement and nanoclay on the characteristics of the sand with non-plastic fine materials

V Momeni Helali, R Noorzad - Iranian Journal of Science and Technology …, 2022 - Springer
Soil stabilization with cement is one of the most widely used methods in construction
projects. Nowadays, the use of new and environmentally friendly materials, such as …

Natural fibre composites: Processing, fabrication and applications

DB Rocha, D dos Santos Rosa - Fundamentals of Natural Fibres and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composite emerged as a new material class that allows synergic combining of different
materials' properties to obtain enhancement in the desired property for an application …