Use of Waste Tyre as a Light Weight Backfill Material for Retaining Wall

Vikash Singh*, Samreen Bano**, Syed Aqeel Ahmad***
* Department of Civil Engineering, Seth Vishambhar Nath Institute of Engineering and Technology, Barabanki, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
**-*** Department of Civil Engineering, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Periodicity:March - May'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.9.1.16040

Abstract

In the present time, waste tyres are increasingly being used in many geotechnical applications like embankment fill, retaining wall, machine foundation, bridge abutment etc. From the previous studies, it had been noted that the tyre chips mixed with soil are used as a backfill material for earth-retaining structures. In the present study, a numerical simulation using OPTUM G2 (finite element based numerical tool) has been adopted to evaluate the effect of waste tyre as a backfill material on total lateral earth pressure for an 8 m high wall. In all the cases, wall backfilled with waste tyres are found to be safer than the wall backfilled with soil. From this study, it has been found that mixing of waste tyre as a backfill material substantially reduces the total earth pressure on the wall in the range of 50-54% as compared to wall backfilled with the soil.

Keywords

Retaining Wall, Dynamic Earth Pressure, Waste Tyre, Numerical Simulation.

How to Cite this Article?

Singh, V., Bano, S., and Ahmad, S. A. (2020). Use of Waste Tyre as a Light Weight Backfill Material for Retaining Wall. i-manager's Journal on Structural Engineering, 9(1), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.9.1.16040

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