Influence of Rubber Particle Content on Shear Properties of Rubber-clay Mixtures
FENG Wen1,ZHU Zhaoyi1,QIAN Zhenhao2
1.Shanghai Pudong Architectural Design and Research Institute Co.,Ltd.,Shanghai 201206,China;2.College of Mechanics and Engineering Science , Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444, China
The rubber particles made from waste tires and clay form a mixture that can be utilized in roadbed, filling and other engineering fields, which can improve the mechanical properties of the clay mixture. A series of studies on the shear properties of the soil mixture with different rubber content(0,5%, 10% and 20%)were conducted by pneumatic direct shear apparatus,and the influence of different shear rates(0.5,1.0,2.0 mm/min) and vertical stresses(30,60,90 kPa)were also considered to explore the strength change law of the soil mixture. The test results show that the shear strength of the soil mixture increases first and then decreases with the increase of the rubber content,and the maximum value is reached at 5% of the rubber content. The shear strength of the soil mixture decreases with the increase of the shear rate, and the influence of the shear rate on the shear strength of the soil mixture decreases with the increase of the vertical stress. Under the vertical stress of 30 kPa, the soil mixture shows the characteristic of shear contraction and then shear dilation,and under the other conditions,the soil mixture shows the characteristic of shear contraction. The addition of rubber particles will reduce the cohesion of the soil mixture. The greater the rubber content, the greater the decrease of cohesion. The mixture of rubber particles in clay will increase the interfacial friction angle,and the increase is most obvious at 5%.