Use of soft clay soils in construction activities has faced many problems. Some improvement, stabilization, and reinforcement methods is required to use these soils in body of roads, sub-foundations and embankments. In this research, the effect of chitin nanofiber and rice husk ash as additives on the behavioral properties and bearing resistance of soft clay soils by considering the processing ...

For the prediction of shear strength reinforced soil many approaches are utilized which complex and they depend on laboratory tests several parameters. In this study, we aim to investigate compare ability Gray Ohashi (GO) model Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) predict soil. To achieve objective, work was divided into two parts. first part in order evaluate impact different fiber reinforcing pa...

Forest vegetation, especially tree roots, helps stabilize hillslopes by reinforcing soil shear strength. To evaluate the effect of tree roots on slope stability, information about the amount of roots and their strength should be known. A simulation model for the root distribution of Cryptomeria japonica was proposed where the number of roots in each 0.5.cm diameter class can be calculated at ar...

Abstract As waste production has increased, these materials have been put to their best use help reduce pollution. Glass bottles account for more than 5% of municipal in Mashhad, according statistics. This study attempted look into the impact using glass granule recycled on soil parameters. The adding properties weak and need improvement east part Mashhad was studied. dominant determined sample...

Abstract Purpose The mechanical contribution of plant roots to the soil shear strength is commonly modelled using fibre bundle models (FBM), accounting for sequential breakage roots. This study provides a generic framework, able includes many different existing approaches, quantify effect various model assumptions. Methods framework uses (1) single parameter determining how load shared between ...