... of black cotton soil. However, fibre reinforcement has the distinct advantages over the other methods. The objective was to study the effect of coconut coir and polypropylene fibres on the bearing capacity of black cotton soil, and to find the optimum dose. Thirty-four unconfined compressive strength tests...

...N. C. Consoli; J. P. Montardo; M. Donato; P. D. Prietto Saturated drained triaxial compression tests with local strain measurement were carried out to evaluate the effects of using three different randomly distributed fibres (polyester,polypropylene and glass fibres) and rapid hardening Portland...