Microstructure and geotechnical properties of lime-treated expansive clayey soil

Engineering Geology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-27

  Al Mukhtar, Muzahim ^a   Khattab, Suhail ^b   Alcover, Jean Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Calcium hydrates; Expansive clay; Geotechnical properties; Lime stabilization; Microstructure; Texture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM HYDRATE; CLAY PARTICLES; CLAYEY SOILS; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; EXPANSIVE SOILS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; LIME STABILIZATION; MICRO LEVEL; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; POZZOLANIC; POZZOLANIC REACTION; SWELLING PRESSURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; TEXTURES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LIME;

CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXPANSIVE SOIL; LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL TEXTURE; SWELLING; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860822455     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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