Effect of Different Fibers on Soil Mechanical Properties and Mechanism Analysis

NIU Lei, WU Zhan-jun, XU Li-na, BI Su-hong, HUANG Zhan-fang

Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute ›› 2024, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11) : 144-150.

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Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute ›› 2024, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11) : 144-150. DOI: 10.11988/ckyyb.20230507
Rock-Soil Engineering

Effect of Different Fibers on Soil Mechanical Properties and Mechanism Analysis

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To investigate how different fibers influence soil reinforcement, basalt fiber and glass fiber were separately added to the same soil. Unconfined compressive strength tests were performed to compare the stress-strain curves and analyze the relationship between strength and both fiber content and fiber length for the two types of fiber-reinforced soil. Additionally,fiber anchorage test was conducted to explore the mechanisms of fibers enhancing soil strength. The results demonstrate that fiber-reinforced soil exhibits significantly greater compressive strength compared to plain soil. As fiber length increases, the strength of both basalt and glass fiber-reinforced soils first rises and then falls, with the optimal fiber length being 9 mm. Similarly, increasing fiber content causes the strength of both types of fiber-reinforced soil to fluctuate, with two peaks observed; the optimal fiber content is 0.5%. The fiber anchorage tests reveal that the pull-out force of the fibers varies with changes in fiber spacing. At small spacings, fibers interact, resulting in peak and valley values of pull-out force. As fiber spacing increases and reaches a critical anchorage distance, fibers no longer affect each other.

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basalt fibre / glass fibre / fiber-reinforced soil / unconfined compressive strength / fiber anchorage

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NIU Lei , WU Zhan-jun , XU Li-na , et al . Effect of Different Fibers on Soil Mechanical Properties and Mechanism Analysis[J]. Journal of Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute. 2024, 41(11): 144-150 https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20230507

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