Geotechnical properties of tire-cohesive clayey soil mixtures as a fill material

Engineering Geology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 110-120

  Cetin, Hasan ^a   Fener, Mustafa ^b   Gunaydin, Osman ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abutments; Backfills; Clayey soil; Embankment; Lightweight fill; Rubber tire chips

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); CLAY; EMBANKMENTS; FOUNDATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOIL TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BACKFILLS; CLAYEY SOIL; COHESIVE SOIL; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; LIGHTWEIGHT FILL; RUBBER TIRE-CHIPS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CLAY SOIL; FILL; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TEST;

EID: 33750856542     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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