Flexural strength of kaolin clay reinforced with synthetic fibres and stabilised with lime and cement

摘要

This paper describes improvements in flexural strengths of kaolin specimens reinforced with polypropylene fibre alone and with either lime or cement. Results show that whilst there was only a limited improvement in the maximum flexural strength with fibre reinforced specimens they retained greater than 50 % of the peak strength after peak load. Peak flexural strengths were increased with the addition of lime or cement and the mixes with cement exhibited excellent durability.