Laboratory Investigation of the Effect of Nano-Silica on Unconfined Compressive Strength and Frost Heaving Characteristics of Silty Clay

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 352-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Hu ◽  
Xiaoqing Chen ◽  
Jiangang Chen ◽  
Xiaochuan Ren
2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 926-929
Author(s):  
Xia Zhao

Take the silty clay and clay as the research object, the correlation between bulk density, moisture content, cohesion, friction angle and unconfined compressive strength was analyzed using laboratory tests, and the results showed that soil cohesion, friction angle and unconfined compressive strength with good correlation, the correlation coefficients were all above 0.9, while severe and soil moisture content and unconfined compressive strength of correlation is weak, followed by the correlation formulas of the index and unconfined compressive strength were established, these formulas can used to predict the unconfined compressive strength of soil.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asskar Janalizadeh Choobbasti ◽  
Ali Vafaei ◽  
Saman Soleimani Kutanaei

AbstractIn the literature, studies show that nanosilica particles and artificial pozzolans possessing can improve structural properties of cement-based materials. This paper studies the effect of cement and nanosilica on the engineering properties (compaction, unconfined compressive strength) of sand. Three different cement ratios (5, 9, and 14% by weight of dry sand) were mixed with four different nano silica ratios (0, 5, 10, and 15% by weight of cement), and then compacted into a cylindrical specimen. The results of the study presented that the addition of the cement and nanosilica improves the engineering properties of sands. The increase of maximum dry unitweight of sand was noted with the increase in the cement content. The presence of nanosilica in optimal percentages can significantly improve the mechanical properties of cement sand.


Author(s):  
Mahesh Vastrad ◽  
M. Karthik ◽  
Varsha Dhanavandi ◽  
M. S. Shilpa

Soil is known of their geotechnical properties and suitability as base, sub-based and sub-grade materials for road construction with the increase in population reduce the land availability. In current situation there is increasingly more development of structures and other structural building structures must be completed on less strength or poor soil. Black cotton soil is found in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh & Tamilnadu covering an area of about 3.0 lakh sq. km in our nation. Black cotton soil is one of the largest soil stores of India, so for the reason need to increase its geotechnical properties and make it comfortable for the development reason. In pavement surface causes problems like cracking, rutting, patching, potholes and detoriation in the pavement surface. The development on black cotton soil (expansive soil) has consistently been a giving tough task for the specialists as the Road & structure laying on black cotton soil breaks without any notice. Stabilization of soil by GGBS couldn't just take care of the issue of appropriate stabilization of black cotton soil, yet in addition settle the issue of removal of a modern waste for example GGBS. The properties of black cotton soil can be modified by stabilizing the soil with the use of additives or stabilizers like Lime (6%), GGBS (30%) & Nano silica (0.3%, 0.6% & 0.9%). There is increase in various geotechnical properties like liquid limit, and plastic limit, compaction characteristics, unconfined compressive strength, CBR values and swelling pressure were determined. An experimental investigation is carried out to study the influence of admixture in soil with respect to the strength characteristics. In this comparative study laboratory tests such as Atterberg’s limit, Compaction test, swelling index and California Bearing Ratio (CBR)& Unconfined compressive strength (UCS)test were carried out for black cotton soil.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 3923-3938
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Mousavi ◽  
Ehsan Abdi ◽  
Parviz Fatehi ◽  
Abbas Ghalandarzadeh ◽  
Hossein Ali Bahrami ◽  
...  

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3177
Author(s):  
Evelio Teijón-López-Zuazo ◽  
Jorge López-Rebollo ◽  
Luis Javier Sánchez-Aparicio ◽  
Roberto Garcia-Martín ◽  
Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera

This work aims to investigate different predictive models for estimating the unconfined compressive strength and the maximum peak strain of non-structural recycled concretes made up by ceramic and concrete wastes. The extensive experimental campaign carried out during this research includes granulometric analysis, physical and chemical analysis, and compression tests along with the use of the 3D digital image correlation as a method to estimate the maximum peak strain. The results obtained show that it is possible to accurately estimate the unconfined compressive strength for both types of concretes, as well as the maximum peak strain of concretes made up by ceramic waste. The peak strain for mixtures with concrete waste shows lower correlation values.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-95
Author(s):  
Qu Jili ◽  
Wang Junfeng ◽  
Batugin Andrian ◽  
Zhu Hao

Abstract Fine aggregates of construction waste and fly ash were selected as additives to modify the characteristics of Shanghai clayey soil as a composite. The laboratory tests on consistency index, maximum dry density, and unconfined compressive strength were carried out mainly for the purpose of comparing the modifying effect on the composite from fine aggregates of construction waste with that from fly ash. It is mainly concluded from test results that the liquid and plastic limit of the composites increase with the content of two additives. But their maximum dry density all decreases with the additive content. However, fine aggregates of construction waste can increase the optimum water content of the composites, while fly ash on the contrary. Finally, although the two additive all can increase the unconfined compressive strength of composites, fly ash has better effect. The current conclusions are also compared with previous studies, which indicates that the current research results are not completely the same as those from other researchers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 04021
Author(s):  
SHAO Yong ◽  
LIU Xiao-li ◽  
ZHU Jin-jun

Industrial alkali slag is the discharge waste in the process of alkali production. About one million tons of alkali slag is discharged in China in one year. It is a burden on the environment, whether it is directly stacked or discharged into the sea. If we can realize the use of resources, it is a multi-pronged move, so alkali slag is used to improve solidified marine soft soil in this paper. The test results show that the alkali residue can effectively improve the engineering properties of marine soft soil. Among them, the unconfined compressive strength and compressive modulus are increased by about 10 times, and the void ratio and plasticity index can all reach the level of general clay. It shows that alkali slag has the potential to improve marine soft soil and can be popularized in engineering.


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