Experimental study on the structural performance of full-scale tyre wall for residential housing applications

Xu, Yachong; Freney, Martin; Hassanli, Reza; Zhuge, Yan; Rahman, M.F.; Karim, Rajibul

doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114181

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“…ASTM D638-14 [35] was followed in this study to prepare the tyre tensile test samples and loading protocols. It should be noted that this method could underestimate the strength of the tyres [15]. The results of the tyre direct tensile tests are listed in Table 2.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The TESEs were prefabricated before stacking together for the test setup. The TESE fabrication was done following the process reported in previous studies [15,41]. An empty tyre was placed on the floor.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Utilisation of EOL tyres as construction materials in various forms (i.e., crumb, shredded, whole tyre) has been an active research area in the past decades [2,3,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Applying whole EOL tyres without shredding can help to reduce the carbon footprints related to processing the tyres [15,16]. Whole EOL tyres infilled with compacted soil can form segmental tyre-encased soil elements (TESEs) with a considerable compressive strength [12,15].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Applying whole EOL tyres without shredding can help to reduce the carbon footprints related to processing the tyres [15,16]. Whole EOL tyres infilled with compacted soil can form segmental tyre-encased soil elements (TESEs) with a considerable compressive strength [12,15]. For example, an ordinary 175/65R14 passenger car tyre filled with sandy material can withstand a compressive load of more than 1800 kN.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The interaction and shear load transferring mechanism between the tyre courses is a key parameter which determines the behaviour of the tyre wall systems. Freney Xu [15] found that the stability of tyre walls constructed using TESEs is closely related to intercourse friction. Two past investigations on stacked TESEs reported frictional coefficients between courses of TESES ranging between 0.55 and 0.81 [26,27].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The reuse of end-of-life (EOL) tyres as earth reinforcement materials in civil engineering projects have been studied for decades. Entire EOL tyres infilled with compacted soil can form segmental tyre encased soil elements (TESEs) with considerable load-bearing capacity. The TESEs can be used to construct structures like low-rise buildings, railway foundations and geotechnical structures. One of the most important aspects of TESE systems, i.e., the shearing interaction between neighbouring units is not yet well understood. In this study, thirty-six laboratory tests have been conducted to investigate the response of TESEs under intercourse shear actions. This was followed by a supply chain environment and economic analysis to investigate the acceptability of the system. The results revealed that the type of encased soil had more effect on the interface interactions between courses of TESEs compared to the TESEs’ construction pattern. It was also found that the frictional coefficient could be increased by either using coarse and angular aggregates as the encased soil or reducing the amount of the encased soil to form a high portion of rubber-to-rubber contact at the composite interface. Supply chain environment and economic analysis revealed that using entire tyres as construction materials has low CO2 emission and considerable economic benefits.

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