... performance. Various tests were performed, including flowability, dry shrinkage, unconfined compressive strength (UCS), triaxial, hollow torsional shear, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis, to evaluate the physical and mechanical properties at different SCA concentrations. The results show...

... a geosynthetics-reinforced earth structure as a result of seasonal temperature changes. They determined that outside temperature changes could be felt up to a depth of 10 m in earth structures and that geosynthetics were likely to experience temperature-induced changes in their mechanical properties (Segrestin...

... showed that nano-modification of fibres enhanced the mechanical properties of the lime-treated clay soil due to the tensile strength of the augmented fibres. The results showed that the compressive strength, the indirect tensile strength and the flexural strength of samples treated with modified coir...

... strength increases the mechanical properties of reinforced pavement systems (Pasquini et al. 2013). Zamora-Barraza et al. (2011) also stated that the higher the secant modulus of the geosynthetics, the better their anti-reflective behaviour. Geosynthetics are placed under the overlay...

...A. Ossa; M.P. Romo ABSTRACT: A series of uniaxial and triaxial compression tests was carried out in order to study micro- and macro-mechanical compressive behavior as well as some other mechanical properties of expanded polystyrene. Micromechanical behavior was analyzed by performing uniaxial...