Effects of Xanthan Gum Biopolymer on the Permeability, Odometer, Unconfined Compressive and Triaxial Shear Behavior of a Sand

A.f. Cabalar; Mateusz Wiszniewski; Zdzisław Skutnik

doi:10.1007/s11204-017-9481-1

Effects of Xanthan Gum Biopolymer on the Permeability, Odometer, Unconfined Compressive and Triaxial Shear Behavior of a Sand

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Biopolymers, which are microbially induced polymers, can be used as an alternative material to improve engineering performance of soils. In this paper, a laboratory study of 0.075-1.0 mm size sand and biopolymer (i.e., xanthan gum) mixtures with various mix ratios (0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5%) was performed. The materials, specimen preparation, and test methods are described, as are the results of a suite of permeability, odometer, unconfined compressive, and triaxial shear tests. The results suggests that specimen formation in the way used here could reduce permeability and increase compressibility, strength, and deformation characteristics in terms of stiffness.

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A.f. Cabalar
- University of Gaziantep
Mateusz Wiszniewski mgr inż.
Zdzisław Skutnik dr inż.
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering no. 54, edition 5, pages 356 - 361,
ISSN: 0038-0741
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2017
Bibliographic description:: Cabalar A., Wiszniewski M., Skutnik Z.: Effects of Xanthan Gum Biopolymer on the Permeability, Odometer, Unconfined Compressive and Triaxial Shear Behavior of a Sand// Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. -Vol. 54, iss. 5 (2017), s.356-361
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s11204-017-9481-1
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