Influence of Waste Tire Chips on Strength and Characteristics of Sandy Soils

In the modern days world waste tires contributes significantly to environmental problem. As such utilization of waste tire in geo-technical engineering application has gained increasing attention in the present study an effect is made to investigate the feasibility of waste tire chips to enhance the engineering properties of poorly graded sand (SP), and well graded sand (SW). A series of laboratory test like direct shear test and plate load test are carried out on both soils after adding different percentages of 10%,20%,30%,40%,50% by weight of soil. A series of small plate load test were also carried out on both soils for different tire chip percentages. By conducting the direct shear test the cohesion and angle of friction of the soil are improved by using plate load test the bearing capacity of soil improved, thus the influence of waste tire chips on the strength and deformation characteristics of cohisionless soil.