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Fiber orientation distribution of reinforced cemented Toyoura sand

  • Safdar, Muhammad (Earthquake Engineering Center, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar) ;
  • Newson, Tim (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University) ;
  • Waseem, Muhammad (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar)
  • Received : 2020.11.25
  • Accepted : 2022.06.07
  • Published : 2022.07.10
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Abstract

In this study, the fiber orientation distribution (FOD) is investigated using both micro-CT (computerized tomography) and image analysis of physically cut specimens prepared from Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) fiber reinforced cemented Toyoura sand. The micro-CT images of the fiber reinforced cemented sand specimens were visualized in horizontal and vertical sections. Scans were obtained using a frame rate of two frames and an exposure time of 500 milliseconds. The number of images was set to optimize and typically resulted in approximately 3000 images. Then, the angles of the fibers for horizontal sections and in vertical section were calculated using the VGStudio MAX software. The number of fibers intersecting horizontal and vertical sections are counted using these images. A similar approach was used for physically cut specimens. The variation of results of fiber orientation between micro-CT scans and visual count were approximately 4-8%. The micro-CT scans were able to precisely investigate the fiber orientation distribution of fibers in these samples. The results show that 85-90% of the PVA fibers are oriented between ±30° of horizontal, and approximately 95% of fibers have an orientation that lies within ±45° of the horizontal plane. Finally, a comparison of experimental results with the generalized fiber orientation distribution function 𝜌(θ) is presented for isotropic and anisotropic distribution in fiber reinforced cemented Toyoura sand specimens. Experimentally, it can be seen that the average ratio of the number of fibers intersecting the finite area on a vertical plane to number of fibers intersecting the finite area on a horizontal plane (NVtot/NHtot) cut through a sample varies from 2.08 to 2.12 (an average ratio of 2.10 is obtained in this study). Based up on the analytical predictions, it can be seen that the average NVtot/NHtot ratio varies from 2.13 to 2.17 for varying n values (an average ratio of 2.15).

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Acknowledgement

The research project was financially supported by the Western Graduate Research Scholarship at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. The authors would also like to acknowledge the Department of Sustainable Archaeology, Western University for providing Micro-CT Scan facility.

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