in this study the performance of clay nano-particles on the soil reinforced with polypropylene fibers (pp-fiber) has been investigated. also a series of investigations concerning the effect of random orientation of fibers on the engineering behaviour of soil were conducted. soil mixtures were modified with varying percentages of nanoclay and fibers. unconfined compressive strength (ucs), compac...

The swell-shrink behavior of expansive clay soil cause problems in the construction such as occurrence bumpy road, cracking and various other problems, therefore stabilization is needed to improve soil.Red brick a building material that contains chemical compounds can increase compressive strength building. Red waste which rarely used then reused cement mixture.This study aims determine type cl...

To explore the possibility of providing additional reinforcement to bio-cemented sand through fiber inclusions, a series sand-fiber mixtures were prepared by mixing with three types fibers (polypropylene fiber, basalt and carbon fiber) at different contents (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 0.8% volume sand). Each mixture was subjected two cycles controlled microbial-induced calcite precipitatio...

The details surrounding the cross-over from wormlike-specific to universal polymeric behavior has been the subject of debate and confusion even for the simple case of a dilute, unconfined wormlike chain. We have directly computed the polymer size, form factor, free energy and Kirkwood diffusivity for unconfined wormlike chains as a function of molecular weight, focusing on persistence lengths a...

In order to assess mineralogical composition influence on durability and strength of rocks, four samples of hornfelsic rocks were selected from southern and western parts of the city of Hamedan, west of Iran. These rock samples were subjected to mineralogical, physical and mechanical tests in the laboratory. Also, they were evaluated in 15 cycles of slake-durability testing in different pH of s...

The water balance calculation and water quality are very important matters in the groundwater management. The water balance includes two parameters: input and output parameters. The input parameter is consisted from surface recharge (precipitation, irrigation return water, surfaces runoff recharge) and underground inflow (flow from adjacent aquifers). The underground inflow is an important fact...

Abstract—A 3C-2D PIV technique was applied to investigate the swirling flow generated by an axial plus tangential type swirl generator. This work is focused on the near-exit region of an isothermal swirling jet to characterize the effect of swirl on the flow field and to identify the large coherent structures both in unconfined and confined conditions for geometrical swirl number, Sg = 4.6. Eff...

Düşük dayanıma sahip killerin dayanımlarını artırmak amacıyla yapılan ve stabilizasyon olarak adlandırılan güçlendirme işlemlerinde farklı katkı malzemeleri kullanılmaktadır. Bu malzemelerden en yaygın kullanılanları ise fiberlerdir. Son yıllarda, maliyetlerinin düşük, dayanımlarının yüksek kolay ulaşılabilir olmalarından dolayı zeminlerin güçlendirilmesinde fiberlerin kullanılması, geleneksel ...