Low able fill material is a self – leveling– compacting one; these types of material
rapidly gain acceptance and application in construction utility earthworks. The use of
scrap tires as a reinforcement element is an attractive solution that combines the
advantage of improving soil mechanical behavior with environmental concerns.
The present work describes an experimental study on replacing sand aggregate
grain size with wastes rubber and plastics at different mixing ratio (6, 18, 30) % wt.
respectively to support technical feasibility of muddy soil by using wastes materials
then compared with commercial additives (carbon fiber) afterward check their hydrodynamical properties (E.L, P.L, hydrometer, compaction, and sp.gr) of prepared
compacting improved soil mixtures. Experimental results indicate that crumb rubber
have successfully used to produce a light weight flow able fill ( 1.2 to 1.6 g/ cm3 )
than other additive waste plastic and carbon fiber based on the characteristic
properties (E.L, P.L, hydrometer, compaction ) as follows:
Have 65% for rubber samples than other additives of 45% and 55% molecules
respectively for hydrometer test, 2 Gs for rubber than 1Gs for other additives; and
560 g/cm3 compaction for rubber additive than 520 g/cm3 for other additives carbon
fiber and waste plastic.
Keywords: scrap tires, crumb rubber, light weight, aggregate, flow able fill,
controlled characteristic properties.
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