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Apr 26, 2012
Study on the Engineering Properties of the Stabilized Mucky Clay As Backfill Material in Highway Embankment Projects
Authors: Yajun Zhang, Ph.D. [email protected], Linchang Miao, Ph.D. [email protected], and Fei Wang, Ph.D. [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
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This paper proposed a method to use stabilized mucky clay as backfill material in highway embankment projects. Sand is added into the mucky clay in the proposed method with the purposes of increasing the permeability of mucky clay, reducing the initial water content, and improving its mechanical properties. Then, lime powder is added into the mixture of the mucky clay and sand to improve engineering properties of the treated mucky clay to fit the requirement of the projects. Behaviors of the treated mucky clay are also tested and analyzed using a series of lab test. Test results demonstrated that the stabilized mucky clay using the proposed method is adequate for backfill material in embankment projects.
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Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
Pages: 1365 - 1371
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Backfills
- Clays
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Construction methods
- Embankment (transportation)
- Excavation
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Highway and road management
- Highway and road structures
- Highway engineering
- Highway transportation
- Infrastructure
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials engineering
- Project management
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Soil stabilization
- Soils (by type)
- Transportation engineering
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Student, Institute of geotechnical engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 210096.E-mail: [email protected]
Professor, Institute of geotechnical engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 210096.E-mail: [email protected]
Lecturer, Institute of geotechnical engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 210096.E-mail: [email protected]
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