Improvement of problematic soils by lime slurry pressure injection: Case study

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1459-1468

  Wilkinson, Alex ^a   Haque, Asadul ^b   Kodikara, Jayantha ^b   Adamson, John ^c   Christie, David ^d  

^a Public Transport Division   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Downer Edi Works   (Australia)

^d Infrastructure RailCorp   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fly ash; Lime; Mineralogy; Problematic soils; Soil improvement; Swell behavior

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CALCIUM CATIONS; CEMENTITIOUS REACTIONS; CLAYEY SOILS; CONE PENETROMETER TEST; FIELD AND LABORATORY TEST; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LABORATORY STUDIES; LIME SLURRY; MAINTENANCE COST; OUTWARD DIFFUSION; PRESSURE INJECTION; PROBLEMATIC SOILS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SHRINKAGE CRACKS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL STRENGTH; STABILIZATION OPERATIONS; STABILIZED SOILS; SWELL BEHAVIOR; SWELL TEST; TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

AGGLOMERATION; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLY ASH; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LIME; MAINTENANCE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; STABILIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOIL TESTING;

FLY ASH; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; LIME; MINERALOGY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL STABILIZATION; SWELLING;

AUSTRALIA; BREEZA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77956814685     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000359     Document Type: Article

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