Effects of mellowing sulfate-bearing clay soil stabilized with wastepaper sludge ash for road construction

Engineering Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 170-179

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering properties; Mellowing; Oxford Clay; Stabilization; Sulfate; Wastepaper

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS; LINEAR EXPANSIONS; MELLOWING; MOIST CURING; OXFORD CLAY; SULFATE; SWELLING POTENTIAL; SWELLING PROPERTIES; WASTEPAPER SLUDGE ASH;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BYPRODUCTS; CLAY PRODUCTS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LIME; PORTLAND CEMENT; SLAGS; SOILS; SWELLING; WASTE PAPER;

STABILIZATION;

ASH; CLAY SOIL; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SLUDGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STABILIZATION; SULFATE; SWELLING; WASTEPAPER;

EID: 78651352878     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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