Resumen

In this project will be demonstrated the process to improve a clay soil (CH), using an experimental method that consists in including the random ones of PET to improve the mechanical behavior of the soil studied. The way to implement this material will be in the form of strips of PET recyclable material, cut to 8 cm in length, 2 mm in width and 0.5 mm in thickness. This type of plastic material is used. This material is one with a higher demand in consumption market today (angel, 1993). In order to corroborate if there is an increase in the resistance in the soil to be analyzed (CH), a sample of altered soil was taken from the Altamira farm, 3 km from the city of Ibagué. Soil samples including PET fibers will be published using 0%, 0.3%, 0.8%, 1%, 1.2% of the weight of the soil test pieces, 45 test pieces of 4 "dimensions will be prepared. high and 2 "in diameter, discretized in 15 compacted to 15 strokes, 15 with 25 strokes and 15 compacted in 56 strokes Concorde with this, 3 specimens with each percentage of inclusion of PET. As a result of this monograph, the reinforcing material in the PET fibers is obtained, improving the cutting resistance by increasing 137.24% with respect to the specimens without reinforcement.