Using plastic as soil stabilizer
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2017
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Anwar Salahat
Hussein Deeb
Sajida Numan
Thabet Mashaqi
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Building on difficult soil must have several consideration before start to construct any building and this is to avoid problems which may result as failure. This causes Economic problems and Danger to human life which is the most important effect. This project illustrates the problems due to building on difficult soils which include expansive soil, collapsible soil, building on landfill, landslides and cavities. Use of plastic products such as polythene bags, bottles, containers and packing Strips etc. is increasing day by day. As a result amount of waste plastic also increased. This will leads to various environmental Problems. Many of the wastes produced today will remain in the environment for many years leading to various environmental concerns. Therefore it is necessary to utilize the wastes effectively with technical development in each field. Many by-products are being produced using the plastic wastes. In this study we presents the details of studies, conducted by various researchers on the possible use of waste plastic for soil stabilization. The results of the studies indicate that by adding plastic Strips in soil; shear strength, tensile strength and California bearing ratio (CBR) value of the soil increases. There are many available techniques for improving mechanical properties of soil. The techniques employed to improve the properties of soil in respect of strength and other relevant characteristics of soil can be by Soil stabilization such as (compaction, pre-consolidation), Soil reinforcement with continuous planer sheets and with randomly mixed fibres/discrete members called ply soil. The objectives of the present study is to determine the reinforcing effects of randomly distributed, discrete plastic nylon strips on the behavior of the clayey soil collected. The study focuses on the effect of change of percentage strip content on the engineering properties of compacted soil.
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