Transportation infrastructure is essential to a nation's everyday life and economic activity.
Accordingly, pavement design and engineering are imperative to ensure safe, comfortable …

Calcium carbide residue (CCR), a by-product of the acetylene industry, is generated at a
rate of 136 million tonnes per year, posing significant environmental risks. This review …

Base course is an important structural layer of a road pavement which plays a vital role in
transferring and distributing the traffic loadings to the subgrade. The base usually comprises …

abstract Modernization, industrialization and rapid changes in the modern lifestyle have
resulted in massive waste materials in the environment. Scientists are continuously evolving …

Expansive soils are problematic due to the performances of their clay constituent usually
have the potential to show their undesirable engineering properties such as low bearing …

Coal bottom ash (CBA) is claimed to carry some pozzolanic qualities that can be stimulated
by pre-treatment. This study investigates the feasibility of partially replacing ordinary …

For granular road sub-base constructed using local aggregates of marginal quality such as
sandstone, chemical stabilisation using cement or polymer has been found to improve the …

Water treatment sludge (WTS) is the residue produced during water treatment processes for
public use. Exploring the reintroduction of these wastes into the production chain to …

A series of tests were carried out to study the combined effect of plastic fiber, metal fiber, and
the optimum percentage of natural hydraulic lime (NHL) in gravelly soils with clays. The …

High-quality coarse aggregates are routinely used for the surface, base, and subbase layers
in paved roads or the surface course in unpaved low-volume roads. Unfortunately, high …