A sample review of soil reinforcement by using natural and synthetic fibers.pdf

A sample review of soil reinforcement by using

natural and synthetic fibers

Sayyed Mahdi Hejazi, Mohammad Sheikhzadeh, Ali Zadhoush

Abstract:

Soil reinforcement is defined as a technique to improve the engineering characteristics of soil. In this way, using natural fibers to reinforce soil is an old and ancient idea. Consequently, randomly distributed fiber reinforced soils have recently attracted increasing attention in geotechnical engineering for the second time. The main aim of this paper, therefore is to review the history, benefits, applications; and possible executive problems of using different type of natural and/or synthetic fibers in soil reinforcement through reference to published scientific data. As well, predictive models used for short fiber soil composite will be discussed. On other words, this paper is going to investigate why, how, when; and which fibers have been used in soil reinforcement projects.