Sustainable soil stabilisation with blastfurnace slag - a review

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-165

  Nidzam, Rahmat Mohamad ^a   Kinuthia, John Mungai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Recycling Reuse of materials; Roads Highways; Strength and testing of materials

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACE SLAGS; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS; REACTION MECHANISM; STABILISATION; STRENGTH AND TESTING OF MATERIALS;

MATERIALS TESTING; PORTLAND CEMENT; RECYCLING; ROADS AND STREETS; SLAGS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STABILITY; SWELLING;

SOIL CEMENT;

EID: 77955073590     PISSN: 1747650X     EISSN: 17476518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/coma.2010.163.3.157     Document Type: Review

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