Study of Permeability of Glass-Sand Soil

The drainage consolidation method has been efficiently used to deal with soft ground improvement. Nowadays, it has been suggested to use a new sand soil which is a composite of sand and recycled glass waste. The permeability performance of glass-sand soil was explored to judge the feasibility of gla...

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Main Authors: Wang F. C., Feng X. N., Gong H., Zhao H. Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-09-01
Series:Archives of Civil Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ace.2017.63.issue-3/ace-2017-0036/ace-2017-0036.xml?format=INT
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Summary:The drainage consolidation method has been efficiently used to deal with soft ground improvement. Nowadays, it has been suggested to use a new sand soil which is a composite of sand and recycled glass waste. The permeability performance of glass-sand soil was explored to judge the feasibility of glass-sand soil backfilled in the drainage consolidation of sand-drained ground. For comparison purposes, different mix proportions of recycled glass waste, fineness modulus, and glass particle size were analyzed to certify the impact on the permeability coefficient and the degree of consolidation. The numerical results show that adding a proper amount of recycled glass waste could promote the permeability performance of glass-sand soil, and the glasssand soil drain could be consolidated more quickly than a sand drain. Experiments showed that glass-sand soil with the a 20% mix of recycled glass waste reveals the optimum performance of permeability.
ISSN:1230-2945