Effect of cyclic wetting and drying on swelling behavior of polymer-stabilized expansive clays

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-468

  Yazdandoust, Fateme ^a,b   Yasrobi, S Shahaboddin ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Expansive clays; Partial shrinkage; Polymer stabilization; Wetting drying cycles

Indexed keywords

ATTERBERG LIMITS; CYCLIC SWELLING; CYCLIC WETTING AND DRYING; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; EXPANSIVE SOILS; FIRST CYCLE; GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE; MICROFABRIC; PARTIAL SHRINKAGES; POLYMER STABILIZATION; SEM; SWELLING BEHAVIOR; SWELLING POTENTIAL; SWELLING TEST; UREA FORMALDEHYDE; WETTING AND DRYING; WETTING-DRYING CYCLES;

CURING; DRYING; FLOW OF WATER; FORMALDEHYDE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; STABILIZATION; SWELLING; UREA; WETTING;

MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

CLAY SOIL; EXPANSIVE SOIL; GRAIN SIZE; PLASTICITY; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SWELLING; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 78649446123     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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