Factors Effecting the Shear Strength of Geotextile Reinforced Compacted Clays

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the potential advantages of the use of geotextiles as a reinforcing material, and an evaluation of their effects on mechanical behavior of clayey soils was made, including a comparison of the experimental results obtained with those from earlier studies concentrated on the same topic. As a result, a series of unconfined compression tests were conducted to evaluate certain parameters which possibly influences the behavior of geotextile reinforced clayey soil. For this aim, parameters including geotextile type (nonwoven, woven), water content, rate of loading and the number of geotextile layers were analyzed .

Keywords

• Geosynthetics,reinforced clay,unconfined compression test,stress strain relationship

Geotekstil Donatılı Kil Zeminlerin Kayma Dayanımına Etki Eden Faktörler

Abstract

Bu çalışmada donatılı zemin olarak geotekstil kullanımının potansiyel avantajlarının araştırılması amaçlanmış ve kil zeminlerin mekanik davranışına olan etkileri hesaplanmıştır. Elde edilen deneysel sonuçlar ile aynı konuda daha önceki çalışmaların karşılaştırması  yapılmıştır. Sonuç olarak, geotekstille güçlendirilmiş kil zeminin davranışını etkileyebilecek bazı parametreler tanımlanmış ve bir dizi serbest basınç deneyi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu amaçla, incelenen parametreler, geotekstil türü (örgülü, örgüsüz), su içeriği, yükleme hızı ve kullanılan geotekstil katmanlarının sayısını içermektedir.  

Keywords

• Geosentetik,Kil Zemin,Serbest Basınç Deneyi,Gerilme Şekil Değiştirme İlişkisi

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