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Sep 7, 2023

Stress–Strain Responses of Calcium Fly Ash

Authors: Marcin Witowski https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6178-3852 [email protected], Katarzyna Zabielska-Adamska [email protected], and Stanisław Łukasik [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 149, Issue 11
https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-9968
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Abstract

The paper aimed to present the stress–strain and yielding response of dry and wet molded calcium fly ash in connection with the deformation characteristics at small strains for different stress paths and stress states. Moreover, these responses were compared with the characteristics of reference soils: quartz sand and kaolin. The physical properties of fly ash and natural soils were presented, then tests of K0 and isotropically consolidated drained triaxial extension and compression stress paths were performed on all three types of soils to investigate the elastic and yielding response of soils. The results of laboratory tests confirmed that the fly ash had higher shear and bulk modulus values than reference soils and brittle damage of fly ash occurred at lower strains, independently of the sample forming and consolidation method. In addition, there were visible differences in the shape and size of Y1−Y4, the yielding surfaces of the tested soils. The Y4 zone was not identified in all paths in each of the soil samples. The fly ash samples exhibit stiffness anisotropy. It was also proved that the method of preparation for the fly ash samples had an impact on the stiffness of this material, which was shown based on triaxial tests and scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs.

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All data, models, or codes that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Acknowledgments

The work carried out at the Building Research Institute and the Bialystok University of Technology in Poland was supported by the Polish financial resources for science.

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Received: Apr 1, 2021
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ASCE Technical Topics:

  1. Ashes
  2. Consolidated soils
  3. Engineering fundamentals
  4. Engineering materials (by type)
  5. Fly ash
  6. Geomechanics
  7. Geotechnical engineering
  8. Laboratory tests
  9. Material mechanics
  10. Materials engineering
  11. Soil compression
  12. Soil dynamics
  13. Soil mechanics
  14. Soil properties
  15. Soil stress
  16. Soils (by type)
  17. Stiffening
  18. Strain
  19. Structural behavior
  20. Structural engineering
  21. Tests (by type)
  22. Triaxial tests

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Marcin Witowski https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6178-3852 [email protected]
Assistant Researcher, Dept. of Building Structures and Geotechnics, Building Research Institute, Warsaw 00-611, Poland (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6178-3852. Email: [email protected]
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Katarzyna Zabielska-Adamska [email protected]
Professor, Dept. of Geotechnics and Structural Mechanics, Bialystok Univ. of Technology, Bialystok 15-351, Poland. Email: [email protected]
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Stanisław Łukasik [email protected]
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Building Structures and Geotechnics, Building Research Institute, Warsaw 00-611, Poland. Email: [email protected]
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