Field performance of retaining walls reinforced with woven and nonwoven geotextiles

FHM Portelinha, JG Zornberg… - Geosynthetics …, 2014 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper presents an evaluation of the performance of two instrumented sections of a
geosynthetic-reinforced soil wall, 5.6 m high, constructed using a lateritic fine-grained soil …

Best-fit models to estimate modified proctor properties of compacted soil

L Di Matteo, F Bigotti, R Ricco - Journal of geotechnical and …, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
Regression models were developed to estimate the optimum moisture content and
maximum dry density of clayey and fine-grained soils using physical and index properties …

[HTML][HTML] Converting optimum compaction properties of fine-grained soils between rational energy levels

A Soltani, M Azimi, BC O'Kelly, S Horpibulsuk - Transportation Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study introduces a practical energy conversion (EC)-type modeling framework capable
of converting the optimum compaction properties of fine-grained soils between any two …

Delineation of compaction criteria for acceptable hydraulic conductivity of lateritic soil-bentonite mixtures designed as landfill liners

AA Amadi, AO Eberemu - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012 - Springer
In current geoenvironmental practice, design engineers usually require that soil liners in
waste landfills be compacted within a specified range of water content and dry unit weight …

[PDF][PDF] Compacted black cotton soil treated with cement kiln dust as hydraulic barrier material

FOP Oriola, G Moses - American Journal of Scientific and Industrial …, 2011 - academia.edu
Laboratory tests were conducted on black cotton soil treated with up to 16% Cement Kiln
Dust (CKD) by dry weight of soil to assess its suitability for use in waste containment …

[PDF][PDF] Desiccation-induced volumetric shrinkage characteristics of highly expansive tropical black clay treated with groundnut shell ash for barrier consideration

G Moses, RK Etim, JE Sani, M Nwude - Civil and Environmental …, 2019 - core.ac.uk
Contamination of underground water as a result of excessive crack on clay liner material is a
prevalent phenomenon in an engineered landfill. Volumetric shrinkage strain (VSS) is one of …

Desiccation-induced shrinkage in compacted lateritic soils

KJ Osinubi, CMO Nwaiwu - Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2008 - Springer
Specimens prepared from three lateritic soil samples were subjected to drying under
laboratory conditions. Volumetric shrinkage strains were measured at the end of the drying …

[HTML][HTML] Saturated anisotropic hydraulic conductivity of a compacted lateritic soil

RA Dos Santos, ER Esquivel - Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the saturated anisotropic hydraulic conductivity of a compacted
lateritic clayey sandy soil. The effects of the molding water content and the confining stress …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of fly ash on geotechnical properties of local soil-fly ash mixed samples

T Deb, SK Pal - Int. J. Res. Eng. Technol, 2014 - academia.edu
The primary fuel of thermal power plants ie coal generates significantly huge quantities of
solid byproduct as fly ash, bottom ash and pond ash (called fly ash in this study). Fly ash …

[PDF][PDF] Cement kiln dust stabilization of compacted black cotton soil

GK Moses, A Saminu - Electronic journal of geotechnical engineering, 2012 - academia.edu
Laboratory test was conducted on black cotton soil treated with up to 16% Cement Kiln Dust
(CKD) by dry weight of soil to assess its suitability for use as road pavement material …