| Title: |
Effect of fibre orientation on the mechanical response of reinforced sand, detected with x-ray tomography |
| Authors: |
Arciero M.; Salvatore E.; Tengattini A.; Modoni G.; Viggiani G. |
| Contributors: |
Arciero Michela, Salvatore Erminio, Tengattini Alessandro, Modoni Giuseppe, Viggiani Gioacchino; Viana da Fonseca, A.; Arciero, M.; Salvatore, E.; Tengattini, A.; Modoni, G.; Viggiani, G. |
| Publisher Information: |
EDP Sciences |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
IRIS Unicas (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale) |
| Subject Terms: |
dilatancy; Fibre reinforced sand; porosity; strain localization; X-ray tomography |
| Description: |
The mechanical behaviour of fibre-reinforced sands (FRS) has been thoroughly explored with a laboratory study, firstly investigating the influence of relevant parameters such as grading index, soil density, amount, diameter, and length of fibres then focusing on their orientation with respect to the principal stress directions. This aspect has been deeply investigated performing parallel tests on samples of pure sand and on samples with randomly and uniformly oriented fibres compacted at a similarly high relative density (Dr≈1). Direct and triaxial shear tests have been performed, the former enforcing deformation on a predetermined shear plane. The results show that reinforcement with oriented fibres provides a higher strength and ductility to the sand. The grain scale investigation of the materials' response to direct shearing has been carried out performing X-ray tomography post-mortem (i.e., after the test). The evolution of porosity in several samples prepared with the same procedure and sheared under the same conditions has been studied freezing the material fabric with nanosilica grout injected at different displacement levels. On the contrary, X-ray tomography performed along with miniature triaxial tests (operando method) enabled the analysis of the spatial distribution of deviatoric strain too. In both cases, maps show the relevant role of fibres orientation with reference to the shear band. If adequately activated, fibres tension modifies the strain field in the samples, preventing the fragile rupture along a shear plane and transferring the stresses to the outer soil portions, in this way providing a more dilatant and ductile overall response of the reinforced material. |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
ispartofbook:E3S Web of Conferences; 8th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, IS-Porto 2023; volume:544; journal:E3S WEB OF CONFERENCES; alleditors:Viana da Fonseca, A.; https://hdl.handle.net/11580/108189 |
| DOI: |
10.1051/e3sconf/202454411017 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11580/108189; https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202454411017 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.104E0E8C |
| Database: |
BASE |