Laboratory studies on stabilization of an expansive soil by lime precipitation technique

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1067-1075

  Thyagaraj, T ^a   Rao, Sudhakar M ^b   Sai Suresh, P ^c   Salini, U ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Expansive soils; Lime; Shrinkage; Soil stabilization; Swelling

Indexed keywords

EXPANSIVE SOILS; IN-SITU PRECIPITATION; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LIME PRECIPITATIONS; POZZOLANIC REACTION; SOIL STABILIZATION; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; LASERS; LIME; MIXING; SHRINKAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SWELLING;

STABILIZATION;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXPANSIVE SOIL; HYDROXIDE; LIME; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SHRINKAGE; SODIUM; SOIL STABILIZATION; SWELLING;

EID: 84876697606     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000483     Document Type: Article

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