Fatigue life of tire-derived geotechnical reinforcement materials: experimental investigation
摘要
To investigate the fatigue life and its influencing factors of tire-derived geotechnical reinforcement material (TGRM) under two modes of cyclic tension, ring-shaped samples fabricated from tire model 225/65R17 were tested using the bisected tension method. The hysteresis curves, specific damping capacity, fatigue life, and endurance limit were analyzed. When the residual width of the zero-degree belt layer is small (10.7% of the complete width), the hysteresis loop is in a non-closed state and the proportion of damage strain under stress levels σ/σref at 3, 5, 7, and 9 is 0, 15.47%, 24.83%, and 30.66%, respectively; and the residual width determines the shape of the hysteresis loop; wider TGRM enhances viscous energy dissipation to a limited extent. The fatigue failure process of TGRM consists of three stages: initial hardening, plateau, and rapid softening.The number of cycles corresponding to the unloading modulus ratio Ei/E0 = 0.85 is taken as the fatigue life of TGRM. TGRM width affects the endurance limit via the range of the edge high-stress zone and the zero-degree steel belt content (with the dominant factor varying with stress level). The results provide support for analyzing reinforcement-soil interaction under traffic load, predicting failure modes, and promoting the engineering application of TGRM.