On the sustainable ground improvement aspects of pyrite bearing clay using lime activated slag

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 228 GSP, 2012, Pages 1781-1788

  Islam, S ^a   Chowdhury, B ^a   Haque, A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTERBERG LIMITS; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; SATURATION POINT; STRENGTH BEHAVIOR; TREATED SOILS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

BENTONITE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CURING; GROUTING; LIME; MIXING; MORTAR; SLAGS;

PYRITES;

EID: 84888328972     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412350.0153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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