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Ground granulated blast furnace slag amended fly ash as an expansive soil stabilizer

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Sharma, Anil Kumar, Sivapullaiah, P.V.·2016·Soils and Foundations
DOI 10.1016/j.sandf.2016.02.004
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  • Mixing GGBFS with soil improves compressive strength, permeability, and durability.

    “Mixing GGBFS with soil improves compressive strength, permeability, and durability [39,54,65,66,67,68,69].”

    From Potential of Soil Stabilization Using Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and Fly Ash via Geopolymerization Method: A Review (2022) · cites this paper as [67]

    The Conclusions report increased unconfined compressive strength in artificially mixed expansive soil treated with a fly ash–GGBS binder. The Testing methodology says the study focused on physical properties, compaction, and strength; it does not report improved permeability or durability. The result also concerns a fly ash–GGBS mixture, not GGBS mixed with soil alone. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Sharma et al. found strongest soil after 28 days curing with fly ash 70% and GGBFS 30%, compressive strength 0.45 MPa.

    “Based on the strength result, the strongest soil was achieved after 28 days of curing time, with a compressive strength value of 0.45 MPa.”

    From Potential of Soil Stabilization Using Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and Fly Ash via Geopolymerization Method: A Review (2022) · cites this paper as [67]

    Section 2.1 identifies a 70:30 fly ash–GGBS binder, and Section 3.3 reports that strength increased with curing time across the 7-, 14-, and 28-day tests. Our copy does not state that the strongest soil had a compressive strength of 0.45 MPa; searches for that value and 450 kPa found no matching result. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The UCS value for Sharma et al. does not fulfill ASTM D 4609 (>0.8 MPa).

    “However, the unconfined compressive strength value does not fulfill the ASTM D 4609 standard [76], which must be more than 0.8 MPa.”

    From Potential of Soil Stabilization Using Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and Fly Ash via Geopolymerization Method: A Review (2022) · cites this paper as [67]

    The Testing methodology (§2.2; page unavailable) describes UCS testing under IS:4332 and ASTM D2166, while the strength discussion (§3.3; page unavailable) describes trends without numerical UCS values. Searches for 0.8 MPa and ASTM D4609 found no passage establishing the claimed threshold or showing that Sharma et al.’s results fell below it. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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Authors
Sharma, A. K., & Sivapullaiah, P. V.
Affiliations
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IN)
Corresponding author
Sharma, Anil Kumar
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Venue
Soils and Foundations
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-04
Volume
56
Issue
2
Pages
205-212
ISSN
0038-0806 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.sandf.2016.02.004
OpenAlex
W2301075367
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400
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Language
en
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Funders
Indian Institute of Science
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Geotechnical and construction materials studies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Concrete and Cement Materials Research
Keywords
expansive soil, soil stabilization, ground granulated blast furnace slag, fly ash, pozzolanic activity, lime addition, swell potential, unconfined compressive strength, Atterberg limits, compaction characteristics, binder content, cementitious materials

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