Drying in the supplementary materials clay effect of crack behaviour

In this study the formation process of the emergence of desiccation cracks in the clay material drying and shrinkage stage were investigated. The predominant activity of high plasticity and clay soil material were obtained from Avanos. Using different additives in the study were created clayey soils containing different compositions. Doped and undoped samples as determined consistency limits on experiments, shrinkage behavior and volume changes were observed and different mixtures of plasticity in the content. The consistency of liquid limit water saturating the dry process was observed before the drying of samples. Water saturated with ground samples were left to dry in an environment protected from the ambient temperature and sunlight and water content loss at predetermined time intervals, cracking quantities in plasticity changes and the clay surface formed by drying is determined. The effect was evaluated on the significant reduction of the plasticity of the soil additive materials used in this context. The process of formation of cracks brought about the drying out cracks in areas particularly exposed at the surface of the clay layer is made by determining the ratio of the whole area. High resolution compared the relative taken with your digital photos on a cracked areas and cracked areas of each other, depending on the area of the cracks calculated in Imagej program by expressing proportional, chart, drawn and complex relationship between enterprise-cracking is evaluated by taking into account the effectiveness of chemical additives. Keywords: Drying Cracks, Ground Improvement, Additives