Admixing PET for the Safety of Earth Dams

R  Ahmadzadeh Toori; S  Pourbakhshian  and M  Pouraminian

doi:10.17485/ijst/2014/v7i12.19

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Admixing PET for the Safety of Earth Dams

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2014/v7i12.19

Year: 2014, Volume: 7, Issue: 12, Pages: 1950–1955

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Admixing PET for the Safety of Earth Dams

R. Ahmadzadeh Toori¹ , S. Pourbakhshian² and M. Pouraminian^2*

1 Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Hormozgan, Iran; r_at67@yahoo.com
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Ramsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ramsar, Iran; spourbakhshian@iauramsar.ac.ir, mpouraminian@iauramsar.ac.ir

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Abstract

This article states the in vitro and analytical investigation in stability of homogenous embankment dams. Using PET recycles and studying their effects on homogeneous embankment dam’s safety is the innovation of this investigation. This study includes three phases as laboratory phase, building the dam and separating lumped element model. Increasing the stability of reinforced dam by PET recycles to 21.38% than unreinforced dams is another finding of this study.

Keywords: Embankment Dam Homogeneous, Model Validation, PET, Physical Model, Shear Box Test