A critical reappraisal of residual soils as compacted soil liners

E Emmanuel, V Anggraini, SSR Gidigasu - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Compacted residual soils are often used as liner materials in engineered landfills, tailings
dams, solar ponds, and canals, etc. to minimize the migration of contaminants into the …

The effect of randomly distributed natural fibers on some geotechnical characteristics of a lateritic soil

AK Lawer, SIK Ampadu, F Owusu-Nimo - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Weak lateritic subgrades are more often than not encountered during road construction in
Ghana. This makes it necessary to find economically efficient ways to improve the …

Response surface methodology: the improvement of tropical residual soil mechanical properties utilizing calcined seashell powder and treated coir fibre

V Anggraini, S Dassanayake, E Emmanuel, LL Yong… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Calcined seashell (CSS) powder and treated coir fibre (CF) are well-established additives
for reinforcing poor soils. However, the absence of specific mix designs to optimize the mix …

Waste crushed rock stabilised lateritic soil and spent carbide blends as a road base material

SSR Gidigasu, KA Lawer, SKY Gawu… - Geomechanics and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Waste crushed rock (WCR) and spent carbide (SC) composite were used to stabilise lateritic
soil (LS) as a road base material. Laboratory investigations were conducted on LS blended …

The extent of deterioration of a mechanically stabilised lateritic base course after design life and its implications for rehabilitation: a case study of Kumasi City Roads …

SSR Gidigasu, SKY Gawu, F Owusu-Nimo - Geotechnical and Geological …, 2022 - Springer
It is anticipated that after the design life of roads, the pavement materials should have
extensively deteriorated necessitating reconstruction/rehabilitation. The extent to which …

LABORATORY AND FIELD EXPERIMENTATION ON THE USE OF CEMENT AND CALCIUM CARBIDE RESIDUE FOR STABILIZATION OF LATERITIC SOIL

UG KAFINTA - 2021 - repository.futminna.edu.ng
A fine lateritic soil collected at Lapai-Gwari along Talba farms, Niger State, Nigeria, was
collected using the method of disturbed sampling. The soil was characterized and treated …