Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF SOIL GRAIN SIZE ON THE DEFORMATION PROPERTIES OF REINFORCED GEOCELL LAYERS
Author(s) -
Barbara Luňáčková,
Marek Mohyla,
Miroslav Pinka
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta polytechnica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1805-2363
pISSN - 1210-2709
DOI - 10.14311/ap.2019.59.0476
Subject(s) - materials science , geotechnical engineering , reinforcement , deformation (meteorology) , composite material , grading (engineering) , grain size , geology , engineering , civil engineering
The effect of backfill material grading on the behaviour of geocell reinforced layers was experimentally investigated in this study. A series of loading tests were performed on a model with geocell reinforced and unreinforced layers. Five types of crushed aggregates were used as backfill materials in the experiment. The results showed that geocell reinforcement increased the deformation parameters. The rate of increase of the deformation characteristics depended on the backfill material grading.