Modifying a plastic clay with crushed glass: Implications for constructed fills

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1017-1027

  Malasavage, Nicholas E ^a   Gallagher, Patricia M ^b   Grubb, Dennis G ^c   Wartman, Joseph ^a   Carnivale III, Michael ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ditto ^*

^c Schnabel Engineering North LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay; Compaction; Consolidation; Engineering development; Laboratory tests; Physio chemical properties; Soil stabilization; Soil structure; Special soil; Triaxial compression test (IGC: D2 D3 D9)

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CLAY; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; CONSOLIDATION; GLASS; KAOLINITE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STABILITY; STABILIZATION;

ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPECIAL SOILS; TRI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 70849108207     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.47.1017     Document Type: Article

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