Over many decades, cement has been the primary component in construction projects and
is considered one of the essential industries worldwide. At the same time, it overconsumes …

Abstract The World Trade Center (WTC) twin towers in New York City collapsed on
9/11/2001, converting much of the buildings' huge masses into dense dust clouds of …

The general aim of soil treatment in construction engineering is to improve soil properties
such as aggregate stability, strength, and erosion resistance. Conventional soil treatment …

Problematic soils with high compressibility and low shear strength are often treated with
traditional chemical stabilizing additives such as cement and lime to improve their …

This research work aims to study the factors affecting the mechanical properties of alkali
activated blast furnace slag concrete. The mechanical properties studied herein were …

Biogeotechnology is a recently established branch of geotechnical engineering, associated
with the practical uses of microbiological techniques to improve the engineering properties …

This work studies the effect of using two types of polymer (fibers and liquid) to enhance the
strength of cemented soft clay. Four polymer contents were used (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 and 1% by …

This study compares the adsorption behavior of both Methylene Blue (MB) and Congo Red
(CR) dyes on the surfaces of cement kiln dust (CKD) powder from the experimentally …

Nontraditional low-carbon additives are widely used in the sustainable treatment of
problematic soils for construction and pavement materials. This study investigated the …

Cement production and its wide applications in construction and stabilization are among the
oldest technologies. Cement kiln dust is a by-product generated by cement industry with …