Beneficial use of waste tire rubber for swelling potential mitigation in expansive soils

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 172, 2007, Pages

  Seda, Jesus Higuera ^a   Lee, Joon C ^a   Carraro, J Antonio H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOILS; SWELLING; TIRES; WASTE UTILIZATION;

EXPANSIVE SOIL RUBBER (ESR) MIXTURE; SWELLING POTENTIAL; WASTE TIRES;

RUBBER;

EID: 34548637736     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40916(235)5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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