Identifying the role of fly ash properties for minimizing sulfate-heave in lime-stabilized soils

Fuel

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-36

  McCarthy, M J ^a   Csetenyi, L J ^a   Sachdeva, A ^a   Dhir, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay soils; Dry, stockpile and pond stored fly ash; Lime stabilization; Minimizing sulfate heave; Moisture density relationships

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION LEVEL; CLAY SOIL; DRY SOIL; DRY, STOCKPILE AND POND-STORED FLY ASH; FLYASH PROPERTIES; LIME-STABILIZATION; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; MATERIAL SELECTION; MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY; MINIMIZING SULFATE-HEAVE; OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SULFATE LEVELS; VOLUMETRIC SWELLING; WET CONDITIONS; WET STORAGE;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLAY; COMPACTION; LIME; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING;

FLY ASH;

EID: 80055031628     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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