Many levees are constructed of clay soils which have a tendency to shrink and swell when subjected to periods of drying and wetting. Desiccation cracking occurs allowing percolation of rain water which may result in shallow surface slides. The purpose of this research was to assess the feasibility of using randomly distributed short polypropylene fibers to reduce the development of desiccation cracks in clay. Tests were conducted on laboratory prepared ...
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