Tensile Properties Test of Geosynthetics with the Newly Developed Apparatus

Tensile Properties Test of Geosynthetics with the Newly Developed Apparatus | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Tensile Properties Test of Geosynthetics with the Newly Developed Apparatus Di Wu, Yuying Han, Xiansheng Sun, Kehan Liu, Yanxin Yang, Yang Yi, and 1 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9101984/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Tensile strength of geosynthetics plays an important role in geotechnical engineering. Currently, there were several test apparatuses for the determination of tensile strength. However, outstanding problems associated with these apparatuses, for example, the clamp holding the geosynthetics moved from the soil to the outside and had relative displacement with the sleeve when moving in the sleeve, the interaction between clamp of the apparatus and soil was not be eliminated and could not simulate the in-soil stress condition of geosynthetics in real working state, which led to inaccurate measurement of tensile load of geosynthetics. To overcome these problems, anew tensile test within soil apparatus was developed to test three types of geosynthetics with testing tensile test within soilunder the different confinement and tensile test in air, total 45 tensile tests for the performance of the new tensile test within soilapparatus. Results of the tensile test showed that the confinement was the important factor to improve tensile properties of geosynthetics. Under confinement, the tensile properties of geosynthetics were greater than tensile test in air. The tensile properties of plastic geogrid were better than those of the other two geosynthetics. The data obtained from the tensile test within soil was closer to the real working conditions, which proved the new apparatus is more capable and suitable for determining the tensile properties of geosynthetics than other currently available apparatus. This provides insights into the design of engineering practices. tensile strength geosynthetics test apparatus tensile test in air tensile test within soil Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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