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Apr 26, 2012
Engineering Properties of Crushed Glass-Soil Blends
Authors: Joseph Wartman, Dennis G. Grubb, and Patrick StrenkAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects
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This paper reports on a laboratory study to evaluate the feasibility of using crushed glass to improve the engineering characteristics of fine-grained, marginal materials (e.g. kaolin, quarry fines) and conversely, to explore the extent to which soil blending could enhance the cohesive behavior of crushed glass (CG). Several basic physical and mechanical properties of two different soil-glass blends were evaluated. The results indicated that the cohesive strength of the CG was increased by 50% to 100% by the addition of fine-grained soils; however, this was accompanied by a 20% to 45% reduction in frictional strength. When considering the addition of CG to marginal soils to improve their strength characteristics, the results show a significant amount of frictional strength was added to the fine grained soils through addition of CG.
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Building materials
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Feasibility studies
- Fine-grained soils
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Glass
- Laboratory tests
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials engineering
- Methodology (by type)
- Research methods (by type)
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Soil strength
- Soils (by type)
- Strength of materials
- Tests (by type)
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Joseph Wartman
Assist. Prof. and Grad., Drexel University, Dept. of Civil, Arch. and Env. Eng., 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dennis G. Grubb
M.ASCE
Program Manager, Apex Environmental, Inc., 269 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355
Patrick Strenk
M.ASCE
Student Researcher, Drexel University, Dept. of Civil, Arch. and Env. Eng., 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
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