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Fundamentals of soil stabilization

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Firoozi, Ali Akbar, Guney Olgun, C., Firoozi, Ali Asghar, Baghini, Mojtaba Shojaei·2017·International Journal of Geo-Engineering
DOI 10.1186/s40703-017-0064-9
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Clayey soils are usually stiff when they are dry and give up their stiffness as they become saturated. Soft clays are associated with low compressive strength and excessive settlement. This reduction in strength due to moisture leads to severe damages to buildings and foundations. The soil behavior can be a challenge to the designer build infrastructure plans to on clay deposits. The damage due to the expansive soils every year is expected to be $1 billion in the USA, £150 million in the UK, and many billions of pounds worldwide. The damages associated with expansive soils are not because of the lack of inadequate engineering solutions but to the failure to identify the existence and magnitude of expansion of these soils in the early stage of project planning. One of the methods for soil improvement is that the problematic soil is replaced by suitable soil. The high cost involved in this method has led researchers to identify alternative methods, and soil stabilization with different additives is one of those methods. Recently, modern scientific techniques of soil stabilization are on offer for this purpose. Stabilized soil is a composite material that is obtained from the combination and optimization of properties of constituent materials. Adding cementing agents such as lime, cement and industrial byproducts like fly ash and slag, with soil results in improved geotechnical properties. However, during the past few decades, a number of cases have been reported where sulfate-rich soils stabilized by cement or lime underwent a significant amount of heave leading to pavement failure. This research paper addressed the some fundamental and success soil improvement that used in civil engineering field.

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  • Geopolymers have outstanding engineering properties, such as increased strength and improved soil adhesion.

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    The sections on cement stabilization and fiber reinforcement discuss strength gains from those materials, not from geopolymers. Searches of the full-text copy for “geopolymer” and for geopolymer strength and soil adhesion found no passage addressing the claimed properties. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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Authors
Firoozi, A. A., Guney Olgun, C., Firoozi, A. A., & Baghini, M. S.
Affiliations
National University of Malaysia (MY)
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  • Firoozi, Ali Akbar
  • Firoozi, Ali Asghar
  • Baghini, Mojtaba Shojaei
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Venue
International Journal of Geo-Engineering
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-12
Volume
8
Issue
1
ISSN
  • 2092-9196 (ISSN-L)
  • 2198-2783
DOI
10.1186/s40703-017-0064-9
OpenAlex
W2771835558
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Funders
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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 › Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
Keywords
soil stabilization, expansive soil, clay soil, soil improvement, cement stabilization, lime stabilization, fly ash, slag, heave motion, pavement failure, soil additives

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