Construction of a test embankment using a sand-tire shred mixture as fill material

Waste Management

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1033-1044

  Yoon, Sungmin ^a   Prezzi, Monica ^a   Siddiki, Nayyar Zia ^b   Kim, Bumjoo ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Materials and Tests Division   (United States)

^c Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTIONS; SCRAP TIRES; TIRE SHRED-SAND MIXTURES;

EMBANKMENTS; FIRE HAZARDS; LEACHING; MIXTURES; RECYCLING; SHEAR STRENGTH;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

GROUND WATER;

EMBANKMENTS; FIRE HAZARDS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LEACHING; MIXTURES; RECYCLING; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CONSTRUCTION; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILL; FIRE; GROUNDWATER; HAZARD; MONITORING; SAND; TIRE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIRE; HIGHWAY; LEACHING; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; PERMEABILITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RUBBER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33746752708     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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