Pet fiber reinforced sand performance under triaxial and plate load tests

• Published in: Case Studies in Construction Materials Vol. 15; p. e00741
• Main Authors: Ferreira, José Wilson dos Santos, Senez, Phillipe Campello, Casagrande, Michéle Dal Toé
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Laboratory scale model tests; Plastic waste; Polyethylene terephthalate; Reinforced soil; Triaxial tests; Polyethylene terephthalate; Triaxial tests; Reinforced soil; Laboratory scale model tests; Plastic waste

Annually, large amounts of waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles are discarded worldwide, although their properties can be useful in engineering works, such as soil improvement. Thus, the influence of PET fibers on sandy soil mechanical behavior was assessed in the present work. Consolidate...