Suitability of desert sand cement mixes for base courses in highway pavements

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 10 D, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Al Aghbari, Mohamed Y ^a   Dutta, Rakesh Kumar ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Compaction tests; Desert sand; Direct shear test; Durability test; Permeability; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CURING; DURABILITY; HARDENING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL TESTING; MOISTURE; PAVEMENTS; SAND; STABILIZATION;

COMPACTION TESTS; DESERT SAND; DURABILITY TEST; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

SOIL CEMENT;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL STABILIZATION;

EID: 27444434266     PISSN: 10893032     EISSN: 10893032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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