An investigation of the Behavior of Stone Columns Constructed with 3D Printed Vehicle Tire Reinforced Waste Aggregate

Öz

Considering the earthquakes, the amount of waste generated after earthquakes and their potential damages, the disposal/recycling of construction demolition waste is of vital importance. Within the scope of this study, experimental studies were carried out using stone columns formed with natural aggregate, construction demolition waste and asphalt waste aggregates with a small-scale model loading setup to improve the performance of cohesionless weak soil under static loads. In addition, waste tires produced by threedimensional printing technology were used to improve the performance of the stone columns. The failure load values for different types of improvements were calculated and the data obtained from the experiments were compared. When the results obtained within the scope of the study are evaluated, it is seen that the bearing capacity of the cohesionless weak soil can be increased approximately 3 times with the usage of stone columns. In addition, it was observed that the bearing capacity of the stone columns can be increased approximately 4 times after the stone columns are placed inside the model tires. It is thought that the results obtained within the scope of the study are particularly important for the regions that have experienced earthquakes, since the behavior of the cohesionless soil under load can be significantly improved with construction demolition waste and asphalt waste.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Asphalt waste
• construction demolition waste
• stone column
• vehicle tire
• waste aggregate
• 3D printing

3D Baskı Araç Lastiği ile Güçlendirilmiş Atık Agrega ile İnşa Edilmiş Taş Kolonların Davranışının İncelenmesi

Öz

Yaşanan depremler ve depremler sonrasında ortaya çıkan atık miktarları ve potansiyel zararları değerlendirildiğinde, inşaat yıkıntı atıklarının bertaraf edilmesi/dönüştürülmesi hayati önem taşımaktadır. Bu çalışma kapsamında kohezyonsuz zayıf zeminin statik yükler altındaki performansını arttırmak üzere küçük ölçek model yükleme seti ile, doğal agrega, inşaat yıkıntı atığı ve asfalt atığı ile oluşturulmuş taş kolonlar kullanılarak deneysel çalışmalar gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ayrıca taş kolonların performansını arttırmak üzere üç boyutlu baskı teknolojisi kullanılarak üretilen model araç lastikleri kullanılmıştır. Farklı türdeki iyileştirmeler için göçme yükü değerleri hesaplanmış ve elde edilen veriler karşılaştırılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında elde edilen sonuçlar değerlendirildiğinde, taş kolon kullanımı ile kohezyonsuz zayıf zeminin taşıma kapasitesinin yaklaşık 3 kat arttırılabildiği görülmüştür. Ayrıca taş kolonların üretilen model lastikler içerisinde inşa edilmesi sonrasında taş kolonların taşıma kapasitesinin yaklaşık 4 kat arttırılabildiği gözlemlenmiştir. İnşaat yıkıntı atığı ve asfalt atığı ile de kohezyonsuz zeminin yük altındaki davranışının önemli ölçüde iyileştirilebilmesi sayesinde çalışma kapsamında elde edilen sonuçların deprem yaşamış bölgeler için oldukça önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Araç lastiği
• asfalt atığı
• atık agrega
• inşaat yıkıntı atığı
• taş kolon
• 3D baskı

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