Effect of polypropylene fibre and lime admixture on engineering properties of clayey soil

Engineering Geology

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 230-240

  Cai, Yi ^a   Shi, Bin ^a   Ng, Charles W W ^b   Tang, Chao sheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ground improvement; Lime; Polypropylene fibre; SEM analysis; Soil

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; INTERNAL FRICTION; LIME; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL TESTING; STABILIZATION; SWELLING;

CLAYEY SOIL; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER;

CLAY;

CLAY SOIL; COHESION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; LIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL STABILIZATION; SWELLING;

EID: 33751282975     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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