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Review of Engineering Property Improvement and Modification of Sand By Geosynthetics
ZENG Weixing1, MENG Qingshan2, CAO Zhenzhong1, FAN Chao3
2018, 32 (6):
611-615.
In this paper, the properties of geosynthetics and their practical engineering applications are reviewed. The test methods and results of the mechanical behavior at the soil reinforcement interface are also presented. The following conclusions can be drawn: ①Various test are applied to obtain the soilreinforcement interface shear strength and the results are different. From the highest shear to the lowest, they are: plate test, direct shear test, pull out test and triaxial shear test. ②The poorly graded coarse or fine sand have a better interface shear strength due to the higher adhesion in the uniform graded particles. Whereas, the well graded sand samples have a lower interface shear strength due to the “lubrication effect” from particles of different sizes. ③When the backfill soils are predominantly silty, clayey sands or dandy silt, sandy clays, the moisture increase will fill in the voids among particles and even dissolve some cementations and therefore results in a decrease of the interface shear strength. When the backfill soil consisting predominately sandy soils, the increase of moisture content can increase the interface shear strength. ④When the increase of unit weight or normal stress will increase the interface shear strength of sandy soils. Compared with other geosynthetics, geogrids have the threedimensional structure, and therefore, have a better interface shear strength potential for they have a moment resisting and can divert the upper stress to a larger area below the geogrid structure. This property of geogrid can effective improve the bearing capacity of sandy soils. The literature review also indicates that the standardization of laboratory test of geosynthetics still has a long way to go due to the lack of standardizing of test equipment, test procedure as well as the understanding of testing mechanism. It is very important that the laboratory testing should be able to simulate the practical engineering applications.
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