Stabilization of expansive clays using granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) and GBFS-Cement

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-499

  Cokca, Erdal ^a   Yazici, Veysel ^b,c   Ozaydin, Vehbi ^d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Design Department   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Soil Mechanics Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Expansive soil; Granulated blast furnace slag; Granulated blast furnace slag cement; Leachate analysis; Soil stabilization; Swelling potential

Indexed keywords

EXPANSIVE SOIL; GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG CEMENT; LEACHATE ANALYSIS; SOIL STABILIZATION; SWELLING POTENTIAL;

BLAST FURNACES; CANAL LININGS; CLAY MINERALS; COKE FUELED FURNACES; GAS BURNERS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEACHING; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; METAL REFINERIES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SLAG CEMENT; SLAGS; SOIL CEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STABILIZATION; SWELLING;

FURNACES;

ATTERBERG LIMIT; CLAY; EXPANSIVE SOIL; GRAIN SIZE; SOIL STABILIZATION; SWELLING;

EID: 68349158831     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-008-9250-z     Document Type: Article

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