Effects of lime and cement treatment on the physicochemical, microstructural and mechanical characteristics of a plastic silt

Engineering Geology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 255-261

  Lemaire, Kévin ^a   Deneele, Dimitri ^a,b   Bonnet, Stéphanie ^c   Legret, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CIVIL ET MÉCANIQUE GEM   (France)

Author keywords

Cement; Lime; Mechanical behavior; Microstructure; Physicochemical; Soil stabilization

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION MAPS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL; SOIL STABILIZATION; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

CEMENTS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; LIME; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

STABILIZATION;

CEMENT; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILT; SOIL STABILIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84887017456     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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