Soft subgrades' stabilization by using various fly ashes

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-376

  Senol, Aykut ^a   Edil, Tuncer B ^b   Bin Shafique, Md Sazzad ^c   Acosta, Hector A ^d   Benson, Craig H ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Geotechnical Materials Testing Services Corporation   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

CBR; Compaction; Fly ash stabilization; Soft subgrade; Unconfined compression strength

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; SOILS; STABILIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO (CBR); FLY ASH STABILIZATION; SOFT SUBGRADE; STABILIZED LAYERS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION STRENGTH;

FLY ASH;

COMPACTION; COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; SOILS; STABILIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; MIXING; PAVEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL AGGREGATE; SUBGRADE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSION; FLY ASH; LABORATORY TEST; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL PROPERTY; STRENGTH; WATER CONTENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33645324038     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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