USE OF ASH IN EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION

This paper summarizes the annual quantities of fly ash, bottom ash, and boiler slag recently produced by major electric utilities in the United States and makes projections for future production. Similar date for England are also presented. Available data on the chemical, index, and engineering properties of these materials and on the use of fly ash, bottom ash, and boiler slag by the construction industry in the United States and England are presented. Since the use of fly ash as a highway embankment fill material in the United States appears to be extremely promising, the paper describes several projects in the United States, England, and Scotland in which large quantities of fly ash have been used successfully and economically.

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• Authors:
  • FABER, JOHN H
  • DiGio Jr, Anthony M
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 13-19
• Monograph Title: Use of waste materials and soil stabilization
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 593
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bottom ash; Chemical properties; Construction industry; Embankments; Fills; Fly ash; Index tests; Properties of materials; Slag
• Old TRIS Terms: Index properties
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148362
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025621
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM