Material Properties of High Volume Fly Ash Cement Paste Structural Fill
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 17, Issue 6
Abstract
Fly ash can be effectively used as compacted or flowable fill material in the construction of structural fills for building foundations, embankments, base and subbase courses for highways and railroads, dikes, levees, bridge abutments, and landfill cover in lieu of conventional earth materials. In this study, high volume fly ash cement paste composite formed of various combinations of fly ash, cement, lime, silica fume, and chemical admixtures has been examined in terms of its physical (dry unit weight, void ratio, apparent specific gravity, linear shrinkage), mechanical (unconfined compressive strength, flexural strength), and durability properties (hydraulic conductivity, soundness by use of sodium sulphate) at 0, 100, and slump values. The results indicate that the cement paste, providing certain advantages over conventional fill materials with its lower unit weight, higher strength, and higher volume stability can be designed for any required engineering performance for use in the construction of compacted to self-compacting structural fills and promises high volume fly ash utilization with low technology requirements avoiding scarce use of raw resources.
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Acknowledgment
This paper is based on the research project “INTAG 650: The Utilization of Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash Cement Paste in Civil Engineering Applications” sponsored by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 17 • Issue 6 • December 2005
Pages: 686 - 693
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© 2005 ASCE.
History
Received: Mar 24, 2004
Accepted: Jun 22, 2004
Published online: Dec 1, 2005
Published in print: Dec 2005
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Note. Associate Editor: Antonio Nanni
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