Stabilisation of expansive clay bed using calcium chloride solution

Ground Improvement

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Ramana Murty, V ^a   Hari Krishna, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium chloride; Expansive clay bed; Heave measurements; Lime; Swell pressure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; LIME; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE; SOLUTIONS; SWELLING;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; EXPANSIVE CLAY BED; HEAVY MEASUREMENTS; SWELL PRESSURE;

CLAY;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL STABILIZATION;

EID: 33644690817     PISSN: 1365781X     EISSN: 1365781X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/grim.2006.10.1.39     Document Type: Article

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