Soil and clay stabilization with calcium-and non-calcium-based additives: A state-of-the-art review of challenges, approaches and techniques

A Behnood - Transportation Geotechnics, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil stabilization is a technique to improve the engineering and geotechnical properties of
soils such as mechanical strength, permeability, compressibility, durability and plasticity …

Mechanism and engineering characteristics of expansive soil reinforced by industrial solid waste: a review

J Wei, J Wei, Q Huang, SMIBS Zainal Abidin, Z Zou - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Expansive soils exhibit detrimental swelling and shrinking characteristics in response to
variations in water content, posing a threat to engineering safety. Utilizing industrial solid …

Effect of rice husk biochar and coal fly ash on some physical properties of expansive clayey soil (Vertisol)

SG Lu, FF Sun, YT Zong - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of rice husk biochar (RHB) and coal fly ash
(CAF) on the formation and stability of aggregates, pore size distribution, water retention …

Effects of wetting-drying cycles and desiccation cracks on mechanical behavior of an unsaturated soil

CS Tang, Q Cheng, T Leng, B Shi, H Zeng, HI Inyang - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of wetting-drying (WD) cycles on the desiccation-induced cracking of a fat clay
(CH) as well as the role of soil suction in the evolution of soil strength, were investigated …

Enhanced stabilization of highly expansive clays by mixing cement and silica fume

AR Goodarzi, HR Akbari, M Salimi - Applied Clay Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the potential use and effectiveness of expansive clay
stabilization using a mixture of cement and silica fume (CSF) as a possibly useful option …

Rubber powder–polymer combined stabilization of South Australian expansive soils

A Soltani, A Deng, A Taheri… - Geosynthetics …, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This study examines the combined capacity of rubber powder inclusion and polymer
treatment in solving the swelling problem of South Australian expansive soils. The rubber …

Effect of curing on micro-physical performance of polypropylene fiber reinforced and silica fume stabilized expansive soil under freezing thawing cycles

N Tiwari, N Satyam, K Singh - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study presents the micro-physical investigation of polypropylene (PP) fiber-reinforced,
and silica fume (SF) stabilized expansive soil (BC) subgrade. The coupling effect of soil, PP …

Assessment of mineralogical characteristics of clays and the effect of waste materials on their index properties for the production of bricks

A Danish, E Totiç, M Bayram, M Sütçü, O Gencel… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Significant research investigations on the characteristics of unexplored clay deposits are
being conducted in light of the growing need for clay in the ceramic industry and the variable …

Indirect estimation of swelling pressure of expansive soil: GEP versus MEP modelling

FE Jalal, M Iqbal, M Ali Khan, BA Salami… - … in Materials Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, detailed trials were undertaken to study the variation in genetic parameters in
order to formulate more robust predictive models using gene expression programming …

Preparation of scrap tire rubber fiber–silica fume mixtures for modification of clayey soils

E Kalkan - Applied Clay Science, 2013 - Elsevier
This experimental work was performed to investigate the influence of silica fume–scrap tire
rubber fiber mixture inclusion on the geotechnical properties of clayey soils. The natural and …