Suitability of eggshell stabilized lateritic soil as subgrade material for road construction

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 16 H, Issue , 2011, Pages 899-908

  Olarewaju, A J ^a   Balogun, M O ^b   Akinlolu, S O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Science Laboratory Technology   (Nigeria)

^c Federal Polytechnic Idah   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cement; Eggshell; Geotechnical properties; Lateritic soil; Stabilization; Subgrade material

Indexed keywords

ATTERBERG LIMITS; BINDING PROPERTIES; CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO; COMPACTION TEST; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; EGGSHELL; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; IN-LINE; LABORATORY TEST; LATERITIC SOILS; STABILIZING AGENTS; STABILIZING MATERIALS; SUBBASE MATERIALS; SUBGRADE MATERIALS;

BINDING ENERGY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SOIL CEMENT; SOILS; STABILIZATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

SOIL TESTING;

ATTERBERG LIMIT; CEMENT; COMPACTION; EGGSHELL; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; LATERITE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL STRENGTH; STABILIZATION; SUBGRADE;

EID: 80052207548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10893032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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