‘Scientile Research Abstracts Vol.7, p-8, 2017 ISSN 2464-9147 (Online) XMM International Clay Conference | ICC 2017 | Granada, Spain {© Author(s) 2017. CC Attibuton 3.0 License PLASTIC CONCRETE CUT-OFF WALLS IN EARTH DAMS: A. PERSPECTIVE OF ARID ENVIRONMENT CLAY MINERAL RESOURCES Hakim Apaasiout, Avie Tavana Amtasia, Att Reza GHANIZADE: Civil Engineering Department, Sirjan University of Technology: Stjan, Iran Plastic concrete consists of aggregates, cement, water and clay, mixed at a high water cement ratio, to produce a ‘ductile material [1]. It is used for creating an impermeable barrier (cut-off wall) for containment of contaminated sites or seepage control in highly permeable dam foundations. The effects of clay type and clay dosage on com- pressive strength, tensile strength and water penetration depth of plastic concrete were investigated, To fulfillment the desired objectives, bentonite and sepiolite were selected in different perecent and cement factors. Also, dif ferent concentrations of cadmium adsorption by clays were assessed to address the best clay adsorption capacity. ‘The results indicate that the clay type, clay dosage and water to binder ratio have great influence on the mechan- ical properties of plastic concrete. There is a tendency of decrease in the compressive strength, splitting tensile strength of plastic conerete with the increase of water to binder ratio and clay dosage. To improve the resistance to deformation of cut-off walls constructed with plastic concrete, the low cement factor (200 kg em-3 compared to 280 kg em-3) and 40 percent clay dosage can be selected to decrease the elastic modulus of plastic concrete in the practical design and applications of plastic concrete on condition that the plastic concrete has enough compressive strength and tensile strength. In addition to these findings, plastic coneretes exhibit significant time-dependent ‘behaviour similar to that observed for clays, and the variation of mechanical properties of concrete made with se- piolite is comparable to concrete made with bentonite which can be recommended under the condition of available sepiolite material and seepage water with high contamination, Based on the results that have been obtained from experiments on plastic concrete samples which have various mixing plans, certain diagrams have been presented to obtain an ideal mixing plan for plastic concretes which result in determining a key relationship to be able to estimate an appropriate mixing of cut offs to control leakage under the dam. While under current situation, using these relationships to estimate the appropriate mixing for plastic concrete in order to control leakage under the dam is almost with amount of errors 1] ICOLD. (1995), Filing material or watertight cutoff walls, Bulletin No, St, Interations] Commitee of Large Dams, Pris, France