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Environmental Characteristics of Waste Tire for Use as Soil Reinforcement  

Cho, Jinwoo (Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Lee, Yongsoo (Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.14, no.1, 2013 , pp. 61-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental results on the environmental characteristics of waste tire. Experimental program includes a set of laboratory leaching tests and field pilot test for leachate analysis. Laboratory tests were conducted to illustrate how properties such as TOC, pH, turbidity and Zn change with tire sizes and drain conditions. In field pilot test, water samples were collected form a drainage system installed below the tire-reinforced retaining wall and analyzed for chemical quality. Laboratory leaching tests performed on various particle sizes of waste tire indicated that as tire size is increased, the concentration of leachate is decreased. In continuous flow column tests, the concentration of leachate decreased with the number of exposure periods or pore volumes flushed through the waste tire. However, during pause flow column tests, the concentration of leachates were increased with time. Field monitoring of effluent indicated that no significant adverse effects on ground water quality had occurred over a period of 12 months.
Keywords
Waste tire; Leachate; Particle sizes of waste tire; Drainage condition; Laboratory leaching tests; Field monitoring;
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