Investigation of the strength development in cement-stabilised soils of volcanic origin

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 592-598

  Goodary, R ^a   Lecomte Nana, G L ^b   Petit, C ^b   Smith, D S ^b  

^a Institut Supérieur de Technologie   (Mauritius)

^b CEC   (France)

Author keywords

California Bearing Ratio; Characteristic compressive strength; Compaction pressure; OPC stabilisation; Optimum moisture content; Particle size distribution; Soils of volcanic origin

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO; COMPACTION PRESSURE; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT; STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT; VOLCANIC ORIGIN;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPACTION; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; STABILIZATION; VOLCANOES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 82055190093     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.08.054     Document Type: Article

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