Engineering behaviour of an expansive soil stabilised with CCR

ISBN-13: 9786202799935 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str.

Phanikumar B. R.; Suryakumari M.

Opis

Expansive soils are highly problematic by virtue of their innate capacity to undergo volume changes consequent upon changes in water content. They swell when they absorb water and shrink when they lose water to the atmosphere. As a result, civil engineering infrastructure founded in these soils get severely distressed. Hence, many innovative foundation techniques have been suggested in order to reduce the volumetric changes of these soils. This monograph is an experimental investigation on a remoulded expansive soil blended with varied amounts of calcium carbide residue (CCR) and fly ash. Compaction characteristics and unconfined compressive strength were studied. Useful results were obtained.

O autorze

B. R., Phanikumar Dr. B. R. Phanikumar is a Senior Professor of Civil Engineering at SRKR Engineering College, AP, India. He specialises in research on expansive soils and has authored about 550 papers for various international journals and conferences. Suryakumari also conducts her research on expansive soils and has authored many papers.