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This study has been carried out about study numerical of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) wall Model havinga size of 3x4x5 ft backfilled with sand tire shred mixture in a ratio of 80-20 % by volume. The Model is 4 ft long, 5 ft in heightand 3 ft wide. The backfill material of sand tire shred mixture in a layer having 6 inches thickness with deformed steel bar ofdiameter #4 as reinforcement. This study reports the behavior of sand tire shred mixture backfill under different normalloading conditions. An initial normal load of 20 KPa is applied on the backfill material in order to investigate the strain inthe reinforcement, vertical movement of the soil and the deflection in the facing of the wall. The backfill is again subjected toan increased normal load of 40 KPa, 60 KPa and a maximum of 80 KPa and the behavior of backfill is observed. A FiniteElement Model commercial Geotechnical software PLAXIS 3D is used for numerical analysis. It can be concluded from thisstudy that tire shreds are a very useful material to be used in civil engineering applications as they are inexpensive, lightweighted and have good drainage properties. From the numerical study it can be concluded that extra care should be takenin the input parameters while using finite element commercial geotechnical software.

Nadeem Ul Khaliq, Irshad Ahmad, Beenish Jehan Khan, Shahid Ali Khan, “Numerical Evaluation of Slope Reinforced with Deformed Steel bars Embedded in Tire Shred-Sand Mixture”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 7, Issue 8, pp. 10-20, August 2020.