DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF GRANULATED RUBBER/SAND MIXTURES

Processed waste tires mixed with soils are useful in lightweight fills for slopes, retaining walls, and embankments that may be subjected to seismic loads. Rubber's high damping capacity allows for consideration of granulated rubber/soil mixtures as part of a damping system to reduce vibration. The dynamic properties of granulated rubber/soil mixtures are essential for the design of such systems. This paper examines the shear modulus and damping ratio of granulated rubber/sand mixtures using a torsional resonant column. Specimens were constructed with various amounts of granulated tire rubber and Ottawa sand at varying percentages. The maximum shear modulus and minimum damping ratio are presented with the percentage of granulated rubber. It is shown that reference strain can be used to normalize the shear modulus into a less scattered band for granulated rubber/sand mixtures. The normalized shear modulus reduction for 50% granular rubber is close to a typical saturated cohesive soil. Empirical estimation of maximum shear modulus of soil/rubber mixtures can be achieved by treating the volume of rubber as voids.

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• Authors:
  • Feng, Z-Y
  • Sutter, K G
• Publication Date: 2000-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 338-344
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Testing Journal
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: ASTM International
  • ISSN: 0149-6115
  • EISSN: 1945-7545
  • Serial URL: https://www.astm.org/products-services/standards-and-publications/geotechnical-testing-journal.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Damping (Engineering); Earthwork; Embankments and retaining walls; Geotechnical engineering; Granular materials; Highway engineering; Highway transportation; Recycled materials; Seismicity; Shear modulus; Slopes; Structural engineering; Tires; Torsional strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ottawa sand
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00800400
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 17 2000 12:00AM