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Use of Granulated Rubber Tyre Waste as Lightweight Backfill Material for Retaining Walls

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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
卷 11, 期 13, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11136159

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end-of-life tyres (ELTs); sustainability; mechanical properties; ecomaterials and ecoproducts

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  1. Grants for the Internationalisation of Research IUACC 2021 of the VI Own Research and Transfer Plan of the University of Seville (Ayudas a la Internacionalizacion de la Investigacion IUACC 2021 del VI Plan Propio de Investigacion y Transferencia de la Univ

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This study evaluates the use of recycled rubber tyre granulates as a lightweight fill material in geotechnical work, showing potential as a backfill material in retaining walls. Various tests were conducted on different particle sizes to determine their mechanical and physical properties, with results indicating that the rubber granulates have great potential in this application.
Featured Application Applications of recycled rubber tyre granulates as a lightweight fill material in geotechnical work. The use of industrial waste in civil engineering applications constitutes a potential innovative effort to reduce environmental degradation and enable a sustainable use of natural resources. This paper reports a comprehensive laboratory study that was performed to evaluate the rubber granulates from End-of-Life Tyres (ELTs) as a lightweight backfill material in retaining walls. Various tests have been performed to provide specific information on the mechanical and physical properties of a detailed range of particle sizes smaller than 12 mm, with six different particle size distributions (S1: 0.0-0.8 mm/S2: 0.6-2.0 mm/S3: 2.0-4.0 mm/S4: 2.0-7.0 mm/S5: 90% 2.0-7.0 mm + 10% 0.6-2.0 mm/S6: 50% 2.0-7.0 mm + 50% 0.6-2.0 mm). The density and unit weight, compaction energy, compressibility, shear strength, and deformability have been evaluated to determine their performance. As a main conclusion, the research confirms that rubber granulates from ELTs possess great potential as backfill material behind retaining walls. The characteristic values of the geotechnical parameters have been estimated according to Eurocode 7. The friction angle results range from 18.27 to 23.21 degrees, and the cohesion results are wide-ranging, with values from 9.35 to 17.83 kPa. For this reason, two cantilever L-shaped retaining walls, selected as representative case studies, have been tested with these sample properties. The results of the geotechnical verifications are presented together with a comparison of the safety factors in accordance with the Spanish standard design (CTE-DB-SE-C) and the European (EC7-1) regulations. The calculations indicate that the overdesign factors (ODF) achieved in the verifications using the material properties of the S4, S5, and S6 combination improve the calculation results obtained if a conventional filler material such as sand is considered.

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