Effect of particle size of sand and surface asperities of reinforcement on their interface shear behaviour

Vangla, Prashanth and Gali, Madhavi Latha (2016) Effect of particle size of sand and surface asperities of reinforcement on their interface shear behaviour. In: GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES, 44 (3). pp. 254-268.

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of particle size of sand and the surface asperities of reinforcing material on their interlocking mechanism and its influence on the interfacial shear strength under direct sliding condition. Three sands of different sizes with similar morphological characteristics and four different types of reinforcing materials with different surface features were used in this study. Interface direct shear tests on these materials were performed in a specially developed symmetric loading interface direct shear test setup. Morphological characteristics of sand particles were determined from digital image analysis and the surface roughness of the reinforcing materials was measured using an analytical expression developed for this purpose. Interface direct shear tests at three different normal stresses were carried out by shearing the sand on the reinforcing material fixed to a smooth surface. Test results revealed that the peak interfacial friction and dilation angles are hugely dependent upon the interlocking between the sand particles and the asperities of reinforcing material, which in turn depends on the relative size of sand particles and asperities. Asperity ratio (AS/D-50) of interlocking materials, which is defined as the ratio of asperity spacing of the reinforcing material and the mean particle size of sand was found to govern the interfacial shear strength with highest interfacial strength measured when the asperity ratio was equal to one, which represents the closest fitting of sand particles into the asperities. It was also understood that the surface roughness of the reinforcing material influences the shear strength to an extent, the influence being more pronounced in coarser particles. Shear bands in the interface shear tests were analysed through image segmentation technique and it was observed that the ratio of shear band thickness (t) to the median particle size (D-50) was maximum when the AS/D-50 was equal to one. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND
Keywords:	Geosynthetics; Interface shear; Particle size; Surface roughness; Asperity ratio; Image analysis
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	11 May 2016 05:09
Last Modified:	11 May 2016 05:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53759

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