Cement stabilised rammed earth. Part A: Compaction characteristics and physical properties of compacted cement stabilised soils

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 681-693

  Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a   Prasanna Kumar, P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Rammed earth; Soil cement; Soil Compaction; Stabilised earth

Indexed keywords

CEMENT CONTENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LOAD BEARING WALLS; LOW CARBON; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOULDING WATER CONTENT; RAMMED EARTH; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL COMPOSITION; STABILISED EARTH; STABILISED RAMMED EARTHS; STABILISED SOIL; TIME LAG;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; MOLDING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL CEMENT;

EID: 79952036409     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-010-9658-9     Document Type: Article

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