Use of red gypsum in soil mixing engineering applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-234

  Hughes, Paul N ^a   Glendinning, Stephanie ^a   Manning, David A C ^a   White, Maggie L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geotechnical engineering; Strength testing of materials

Indexed keywords

ADDITION OF LIME; CEMENT REPLACEMENT; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; HIGH STRENGTH; IN-SITU; POZZOLANIC REACTION; SOIL MIXING; SOIL PH; STABILISATION; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH; WET AND DRY; WHITE PIGMENTS;

BLAST FURNACES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GYPSUM; MAMMALS; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL REFINERIES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLAGS; SOIL CEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STABILITY; STIFFNESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BINDERS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; GYPSUM; LABORATORY METHOD; MIXING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STABILIZATION; STIFFNESS; UNDRAINED TEST; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79952713659     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: 17518563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.10.00061     Document Type: Article

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