Behavior of a Subgrade Soil Reinforced by Waste Tire Textile Fibers under Static and Cyclic Loading

Liquefaction potential of reinforced sand with plastic wastes

“…Fibers are commonly available in vast amounts in waste and natural forms [3,9]. Previous studies showed that using various types of fibers for soil reinforcement increases the strength and bearing capacity of soils [10][11][12][13].…”

Engineering properties of plastic waste reinforced sand

“…One possible way to reuse these wastes is to convert them into materials for soil reinforcement and construction applications like highway base material and backfill of retaining walls. The soil which is reinforced by waste plastic strip can be used in embankment/road construction which leads to significant reduction in cost as well as safe disposal of these waste materials in an environmental friendly manner [5][6][7][8][9].…”

“…Plastic wastes are usually materials with high strength and less reaction with acids and alkalis. These kinds of wastes are not biodegradable, so they remain unchanged for years and cause environmental pollution [6][7].…”

“…Using plastic wastes such as tire shreds to improve the mechanical properties of soil dates back to the 1990. Many researchers studied on the engineering properties of plastic waste reinforced soils [2,4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. The idea of incorporating other plastic wastes in soil was first proposed by Benson and Khire [19].…”

“…Abbaspour et al [7] performed a series of static and cyclic laboratory tests to contribute to manage and prevent the burial of a part of hazardous wastes produced during the recycling process of worn tires. Their results showed that the fiber inclusion enhances all geotechnical properties of the soil under static state.…”