Laboratory investigation on the strength characteristics of cement-sand as base material

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Yoon, Sungmin ^a   Abu Farsakh, Murad ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pavement base; Soil cement; Tube suction; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

BASE MATERIALS; CEMENT CONTENTS; CEMENT SOILS; COMPACTION TESTS; DIELECTRIC VALUES; DRY DENSITIES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; HIGH STRENGTHS; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PAVEMENT BASE; SOAKING CONDITIONS; STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS; SUBGRADE SOILS; TEST RESULTS; TUBE SUCTION; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION TESTS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; VOID RATIOS; WATER SUSCEPTIBILITIES; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NANOFLUIDICS; PAVEMENTS; SAND; SOILS; TESTING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER CONTENT;

SOIL CEMENT;

EID: 65249133423     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-009-0015-x     Document Type: Article

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