OPEN HEARTH SLAG--A PROBLEM WAITING TO HAPPEN

Blast furnace slag and other waste materials from steel-making processes have long been useful in the construction industry, and perhaps for other applications. However, the stable and useful qualities of blast furnace slag do not extend to open hearth slags. In fact, there are a number of specific projects in which open hearth slag has been used as backfill beneath slabs and structures, or beneath pavements, with rather disastrous results. Forewarned is forearmed.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Gnaedinger, J P
• Publication Date: 1987-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 78-83
• Serial:
  • Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0887-3828
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/toc/jpcfev/27/1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Backfilling; Defects; Expansion; Failure; Pavement distress; Pavements; Slag; Structural mechanics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Open hearth slag; Structural failures
• Old TRIS Terms: Backfills; Expansive forces
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472375
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No. 21445
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1987 12:00AM