Engineering properties of tire/soil mixtures as a lightweight fill material

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-304

  Masad, Eyad ^a   Taha, Ramzi ^b   Ho, Carlton ^c   Papagiannakis, Thomas ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidated drained triaxial test; Lightweight fill; Ottawa sand; Tire chips

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MIXTURES; RECYCLING; ROADBUILDING MATERIALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; TIRES; WASTE UTILIZATION;

CONSOLIDATED DRAINED TRIAXIAL TESTS; OTTAWA SAND; TIRE CHIPS; TIRE SOIL MIXTURE PROPERTIES;

LAND FILL;

EID: 0030230285     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10355j     Document Type: Article

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