Abstract
The volume of scrap tyres, an undesired urban waste, is increasing rapidly in every country. Mixing sand and rubber particles as a lightweight backfill is one of the possible alternatives to avoid stockpiling them in the environment. This paper presents a minimal model aiming to capture the evolution of the void ratio of sand-rubber mixtures undergoing an isotropic compression loading. It is based on the idea that, submitted to a pressure, the rubber chips deform and partially fill the porous space of the system, leading to a decrease of the void ratio with increasing pressure. Our simple approach is capable of reproducing experimental data for two types of sand (a rounded one and a sub-angular one) and up to mixtures composed of 50% of rubber.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Powders and Grains 2017 |
| Subtitle of host publication | 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media, Montpellier, France, July 3-7, 2017 |
| Editors | F Radjai, S. Nezamabadi, S. Luding and J.Y. Delenne |
| Place of Publication | Montpellier, France |
| Publisher | EDP Sciences |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | EPJ Web of Conferences |
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| Publisher | EDP Sciences |
| Volume | 140 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2101-6275 |
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