Time-dependent strength and mineralogy of lime-GGBS treated naturally occurring acid sulfate soils

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Islam, Shahidul ^a   Haque, Asadul ^a   Wilson, Sasha ^a   Ranjith, P G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soil; Lime GGBS; Mineralogy; Strength

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; PYRITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SLAGS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID SULPHATE SOILS; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; LIME-GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; STRENGTH; TIME DEPENDENT; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; X RAY SCANNING; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

LIME;

ACID SULFATE SOIL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; LIME; MINERALOGY; PYRITE; SOIL STRENGTH; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84951304896     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: 19435533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001333     Document Type: Article

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