Effect of polyethylene waste fibers on strength of cement stabilized clayey soil

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This paper aims to study the possibility of using Polyethylene waste material (500 cc water bottle) in soil stabilization in form of fibers.

Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and Split tensile strength (STS) tests were carried out on natural and stabilized soils with three cement contents (3%, 6% and 9%) and three fiber contents (0.4%, 0.8% and 1.2%).

In these tests, each fiber content percentage was added in three lengths ;1cm; 2cm and 3cm.

The results showed that there is an optimum content of fiber which gives maximum (UCS or STS) strength.

This optimum content depends on fiber length and cement content