Interaction Between Hexagonal Wire Mesh Reinforcement and Silty Sand Backfill
Bergado DT, Teerawattanasuk C, Wongsawanon T, Voottipruex P
(Received 12 January 1999; accepted 1 August 2000)

Abstract
Pullout tests were conducted on hexagonal wire mesh embedded in silty sand locally known as Ayuttaya sand to investigate the soil reinforcement interaction. Two types of hexagonal wire mesh were tested, namely: (a) galvanized (zinc-coated) which has smaller aperture (cell) dimension of 60 by 80 mm and (b) PVC-coated which has larger aperture (cell) dimension of 80 by 100 mm. The tests were conducted under normal pressures ranging from 35 to 91 kPa and the specimens were pulled at a rate of 1 mm/min. The total pullout resistance of hexagonal wire mesh reinforcement consists of two components, namely: friction and bearing resistance. The bearing resistance is higher than the friction resistance for both types of reinforcement. Higher friction and bearing resistances were obtained with increasing normal pressures. The friction and bearing resistances mobilized on the galvanized wire mesh were greater than the PVC-coated wire mesh, due to higher friction coefficient as well as greater number of transverse and longitudinal members (elements) per unit width in the former than the latter. The proposed analytical method of predicting the pullout resistance and displacement relation using the basic soil and reinforcement properties agreed with the test results reasonably well.

Keywords:
bearing resistance, friction resistance, hexagonal wire mesh, sand, wire

Paper ID: GTJ2410023

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