Strength characteristics of dune sand stabilized with lime-silica fume mix
While more than half the land surface of Iraq consists of deserts covered mainly with sand dunes, little research has taken place to study the characteristics and the behaviour of sand dunes. The growth of economy, demography and building activities in Iraq necessitates carrying out geotechnical investigations for the dune sand. The purpose of the present work is to assess the suitability of sand dunes as subgrade layer for carrying roads and rail foundations. An extensive laboratory testing programme was carried out to study the geotechnical properties and the behaviour of sand dunes. Sand dune samples were collected from a region in Baiji area in Salah-Aldeen governorate, North of Iraq, and in situ field density of the soil was measured by sand-cone test. The tests include moisture content, classification tests, compaction tests, relative density and direct shear test. Chemical tests and X-ray diffraction analyses were also carried out. Silica fume (SF) and lime-silica fume (L-SF) mix have been used for stabilising and their effects on the sand dunes were investigated. A grey-coloured densified SF is used. Four percentages are used for lime (0, 3, 6 and 9%) and four percentages are used for SF (3, 6, 9 and 12%) and the optimum percentage of SF is mixed with the percentages of lime. Several tests are made to investigate the soil behaviour after adding the lime and SF. It was found that L-SF caused an increase in the angle of internal friction ϕ and cohesion c. Higher cohesion was reached; 10 kPa with higher percentage of 6% L + 12% SF. In addition, the angle of internal friction increases with increasing the maximum dry density, where the values of the angle of internal friction ranged between 35° and 41°.
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- © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract republished with permission of Taylor & Francis.
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Authors:
- Fattah, Mohammed Y
- Joni, Hasan H
- Al-Dulaimy, Ahmed S A
- Publication Date: 2018-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 874-882
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Serial:
- International Journal of Pavement Engineering
- Volume: 19
- Issue Number: 10
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 1029-8436
- Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10298436.html
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Calcium oxide; Coefficient of internal friction; Cohesion; Density; Dune sands; Geotechnical engineering; Laboratory tests; Moisture content; Silica fume; Soil stabilization; Subgrade (Pavements)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Sand cone tests; Subgrade (Railroads)
- Geographic Terms: Iraq
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01680020
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 4 2018 4:14PM