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25. Influence of Bio- and Nano-materials on Dynamic Characterization of Soils

Authors : K. Rangaswamy, Geethu Thomas, S. Smitha

Published in: Latest Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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In the era of rising population and lack of space availability, soil improvement has evolved as an emerging research topic since even lands having problematic soils are sought out for construction purpose. Soils that are weak in sustaining different types of loading are stabilized and used for construction. In the current research, two such soils, soft clay and silty sands, are treated with two non-traditional soil additive, viz. nano-material (nano-silica) and biopolymer (agar), respectively. The treated and untreated soil samples are subjected to consolidated undrained strain-controlled cyclic loading and the effect of treatment on pore pressure response; secant shear modulus and damping ratio were explored. The treatment using biopolymer and nano-material was found to decrease the pore pressure buildup and increase the secant shear modulus for the selected soils. Therefore, they were found to be a prospective stabilizing agent in soils which may be subjected to dynamic loading.

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Title: Influence of Bio- and Nano-materials on Dynamic Characterization of Soils
Authors: K. Rangaswamy
Geethu Thomas
S. Smitha
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Latest Developments in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-1467-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-16-1468-2

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1468-2_25

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