Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade

The Philippines is a country rich in Acrisol soils which are characterized by their clay content. Clayey soils possess unfavorable engineering properties and are particularly loose, soft, and expansive materials making it hazardous to build structures over them. In the case of a subgrade or slopes w...

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Main Authors: Datuin, Zachary O., Garcia, Freddierick Kyle M., Ramos, Joaquin Alfonzo N., Rieta, Ron Michael O.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:etdb_civ-10052022-12-10T01:20:44Z Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade Datuin, Zachary O. Garcia, Freddierick Kyle M. Ramos, Joaquin Alfonzo N. Rieta, Ron Michael O. The Philippines is a country rich in Acrisol soils which are characterized by their clay content. Clayey soils possess unfavorable engineering properties and are particularly loose, soft, and expansive materials making it hazardous to build structures over them. In the case of a subgrade or slopes with unsuitable soil, the engineer may require the contractor to remove the unsuitable material and backfill it with suitable material. An alternative to this is incorporating soil stabilization techniques in order to mitigate the unfavorable conditions that unstable soil may cause. Aside from Acrisol soils, the Philippines is also rich in banana production, which leads to 2.3 million metric tons of banana stems being thrown to waste. Several studies suggested the use of banana fibers as soil reinforcements may improve the mechanical properties of soil such as the shear strength and CBR value. However, the chemical composition of banana fibers is largely composed of lignin, hemicellulose, and wax which limit the mechanical properties and adhesion of the banana fibers. In order to address this, chemical treatments were performed on the banana fibers in order to extract and wash away lignin, hemicellulose, and wax, and to further improve their mechanical properties. In this study, banana fibers were extracted and treated with 1%, 3%, 5% Alkali, and 5%, 10%, 15% Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), after which the fibers were binded with polyvinyl acetate (wood glue) to form non-woven banana fiber sheets. The effect of treated banana fiber reinforcements on the compressive strength of soil was tested through the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test and Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) test. Based on the results, the banana fiber sheets tend to improve the CBR ratio and the unconfined compressive strength of the soil. It was also found that the SLS-treated banana fiber sheets yielded greater results than the alkali-treated banana fiber reinforcements under unsoaked conditions, while the opposite was true under soaked conditions. One-way Analysis of Variance was used as a statistical tool to compare and assess the treatments applied to the Banana Fibers. It was found that there is no significance or there is mostly no relationship between the two variables which are the treatments with varying percentages and the CBR and UCS results. 2022-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_civ/1 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=etdb_civ Civil Engineering Bachelor's Theses English Animo Repository Soil stabilization Soil conditioners Fibrous composites Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering
institution De La Salle University
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country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
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topic Soil stabilization
Soil conditioners
Fibrous composites
Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
spellingShingle Soil stabilization
Soil conditioners
Fibrous composites
Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Datuin, Zachary O.
Garcia, Freddierick Kyle M.
Ramos, Joaquin Alfonzo N.
Rieta, Ron Michael O.
Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade
description The Philippines is a country rich in Acrisol soils which are characterized by their clay content. Clayey soils possess unfavorable engineering properties and are particularly loose, soft, and expansive materials making it hazardous to build structures over them. In the case of a subgrade or slopes with unsuitable soil, the engineer may require the contractor to remove the unsuitable material and backfill it with suitable material. An alternative to this is incorporating soil stabilization techniques in order to mitigate the unfavorable conditions that unstable soil may cause. Aside from Acrisol soils, the Philippines is also rich in banana production, which leads to 2.3 million metric tons of banana stems being thrown to waste. Several studies suggested the use of banana fibers as soil reinforcements may improve the mechanical properties of soil such as the shear strength and CBR value. However, the chemical composition of banana fibers is largely composed of lignin, hemicellulose, and wax which limit the mechanical properties and adhesion of the banana fibers. In order to address this, chemical treatments were performed on the banana fibers in order to extract and wash away lignin, hemicellulose, and wax, and to further improve their mechanical properties. In this study, banana fibers were extracted and treated with 1%, 3%, 5% Alkali, and 5%, 10%, 15% Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), after which the fibers were binded with polyvinyl acetate (wood glue) to form non-woven banana fiber sheets. The effect of treated banana fiber reinforcements on the compressive strength of soil was tested through the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test and Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) test. Based on the results, the banana fiber sheets tend to improve the CBR ratio and the unconfined compressive strength of the soil. It was also found that the SLS-treated banana fiber sheets yielded greater results than the alkali-treated banana fiber reinforcements under unsoaked conditions, while the opposite was true under soaked conditions. One-way Analysis of Variance was used as a statistical tool to compare and assess the treatments applied to the Banana Fibers. It was found that there is no significance or there is mostly no relationship between the two variables which are the treatments with varying percentages and the CBR and UCS results.
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author Datuin, Zachary O.
Garcia, Freddierick Kyle M.
Ramos, Joaquin Alfonzo N.
Rieta, Ron Michael O.
author_facet Datuin, Zachary O.
Garcia, Freddierick Kyle M.
Ramos, Joaquin Alfonzo N.
Rieta, Ron Michael O.
author_sort Datuin, Zachary O.
title Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade
title_short Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade
title_full Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade
title_fullStr Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade
title_sort evaluating the influence of treated banana fiber on the strength of soil subgrade
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