Technique for using fine-grained soil in reinforced earth

Sridharan, A. ; Murthy, B. R. Srinivasa ; Bindumadhava, ; Revanasiddappa, K. (1991) Technique for using fine-grained soil in reinforced earth Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 117 (8). pp. 1174-1190. ISSN 1090-0241

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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410

Abstract

The performance of reinforced earth structures depends on the mobilization of interfacial shearing resistance between soil and reinforcement. This criterion typically eliminates the use of fine-grained soil as a backfill material in reinforced earth structures. Considering the distribution of induced interfacial shear stress in soil around the surface of the reinforcement, it has been shown that only a thin zone of frictional material around the reinforcement is required to mobilize almost full interfacial shearing resistance of sand. Six series of pullout tests have been conducted, with different types of reinforcement, to study the effect of thickness of sand (frictional material) around the reinforcement on the pullout resistance. Sawdust and kaolin clay have been used as bulk backfill material, providing the soil with negligible friction. With low-friction-strength soil as bulk material, a 15-mm thickness of sand around the reinforcement is required to increase the interfacial shearing resistance to that with sand as the bulk material. With this new technique, low-frictional fine-grained soils can be used as bulk backfill material in reinforced earth constructions.

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Keywords:Friction; Fine-grained Soils; Soil Structure; Soil Stabilization; Backfills
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