The Application of Recycled Tire Polymer Fibers for Shear Strength Improvement of Babolsar Sand

In recent years soil reinforcement and improvement techniques have gained widespread applications in different aspects of geotechnical engineering. It is apparent that reinforcing/stabilizing a weak/problematic soil is more economical than replacing it with select fills. A contemporary method of soil reinforcement/ improvement is the application of fibers-natural or synthetic (polymeric) with random distribution within the soil (Hejazi et al. 2012). More recently, there has been a trend in utilization of recycled fibers for soil reinforcement/improvement purposes (Valipour et al. 2021). This treatment dwells on the application of Recycled Tire Polymer Fibers (RTPFs) for enhancing the shear strength of Babolsar sand.