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Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

2016

Reliability

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Effect Of Fiber Reinforcement On Cbr Behavior Of Lime Blended Expansive Soils: Reliability Approach, Arif Ali Baig Moghal, B. Munwar Basha, Bhaskar Chittoori, Mosleh Ali Al-Shamrani Jan 2016

Effect Of Fiber Reinforcement On Cbr Behavior Of Lime Blended Expansive Soils: Reliability Approach, Arif Ali Baig Moghal, B. Munwar Basha, Bhaskar Chittoori, Mosleh Ali Al-Shamrani

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Use of synthetic fibers as reinforcement to stabilize expansive soils is gaining momentum. As a contribution towards this growing field of research two different types of synthetic fibers, Fiber Mesh® and Fiber Cast®, were evaluated as a stabilization alternative for expansive soils in the presence of lime. California Bearing Ratio (CBR) is chosen as a performance indicator as it is a good pointer towards pavement effectiveness. Variables such as length and amount of the fibers as well as curing period were studied. Both deterministic and probabilistic (or reliability) analysis is presented in this paper. While the deterministic analysis helps in …