Experimental study on the strength of silty soft soil in beach with polypropylene fiber reinforcement

Abstract

The effects of polypropylene fiber reinforcement on shear strength and unconfined compressive strength of silty soft soil in tidal flats were studied. Through shear test and unconfined compression test, Experimental study was conducted on silty soft soil of allene fiber reinforced beach with 0~0.6% different mass content and 3 ~18m different length. The failure process and mechanism of fiber reinforced soil samples were also discussed. The test results show that: Shear strength (cohesion and internal friction Angle) and unconfined compressive strength increased rapidly in the early stage with the increase of fiber content, and gradually decreased after reaching the peak at a certain content. In this test, the optimal fiber length corresponding to shear strength is 9mm. When the content is less than 0.6%, the optimal content of cohesion is about 0.2%, and the optimal content corresponding to the Angle of internal friction is between 0.2% and 0.3%. Within the range of 18mm fiber length in the experimental study, unconfined compressive strength increased with the increase of fiber length, and the optimal fiber content corresponding to unconfined compressive strength was 0.2%. The main effects of polypropylene fiber reinforcement on soil cohesion and unconfined compressive strength are not obvious.