Effects of lime content and amelioration period in double lime application on the strength of lime treated expansive sub-grade soils

Advances in Transportation Geotechnics II - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, ICTG 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 99-104

  Gallage, C ^a   Cochrane, M ^a   Ramanujam, J ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; SOILS;

ADDITION OF LIME; CONSTRUCTION DELAYS; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTS; EXPANSIVE SOILS; ROAD PAVEMENTS; SOIL SAMPLE; TIME-PERIODS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

LIME;

EID: 84867441271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b12754-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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