Mechanism of improvement in the strength and volume change behavior of lime stabilized soil

Engineering Geology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-64

  Jha, Arvind Kumar ^a   Sivapullaiah, P V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Fabric; Microstructure; Mineralogy; Strength; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION TESTING; CURING; FABRICS; FLOCCULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOUND FORMATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; LIME STABILIZED SOILS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; ONE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION; STRENGTH; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION TESTS;

LIME;

CEMENTATION; COMPRESSIBILITY; ION EXCHANGE; LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STABILIZATION; STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 84942915084     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.08.020     Document Type: Article

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