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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140103004
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Measuring and modelling the mechanical response of soils incorporating recycled tyres. Civil engineers use backfill to refill excavated areas around new structures. They have found recently that rubber chips and shredded rubber make excellent backfill when combined with a small percentage of cement to make ‘rubber soil’. The widespread use of rubber soil therefore offers a tremendous opportunity to make use of a serious waste product to achieve important engineering outcomes. However, too little is known about the technology. This project will model the behaviour of rubber soil in order to introduce it as an environmentally sustainable, cost-effective and technically sound choice of geomaterial for both standard and non-standard geotechnical structures.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2014
End Date: 06-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $225,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering | Construction Materials |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Civil Construction Processes | Civil Construction Design | Construction Materials Performance and Processes not elsewhere classified
