Effect of hydrated lime on the engineering behaviour and the microstructure of highly expansive clay

12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3590-3598

  Lasledj, Abdelmadjid ^a   Al Mukhtar, Muzahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Expansive clay; Lime; Microstructure; Stabilization; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALUMINATE HYDRATE; CLAY SOIL; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; LABORATORY TEST; LIME ADDITIONS; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; PLASTICITY INDICES; SPECIFIC SURFACE; SWELLING PRESSURES; TREATED SOILS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION TESTS;

GEOMECHANICS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STABILIZATION; SWELLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HYDRATED LIME;

EID: 80052046596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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