Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica Fume
Problematic soils such as expansive soil are those clay soils which exhibited significant volume changes as results of soil moisture variation, when a dry mass of clay is allowed to absorb water, the effective size of particles increases and therefore the clay mass swells. This type of soil, upon we...
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| description | Problematic soils such as expansive soil are those clay soils which exhibited significant volume changes as results of soil moisture variation, when a dry mass of clay is allowed to absorb water, the effective size of particles increases and therefore the clay mass swells. This type of soil, upon wetting and drying, causes sever damage to structures built on such soil. A treatment of swelling/shrinkage using silica fume was studied in this work. The soil selected for the present investigation classified as (CH) according to unified soil classification system with liquid limit = 51% and plastic limit = 27%. Soil specimens were mixed with various percentages of silica fume contents (10%, 20%, 25%, 30% and 50%) to determine their effects on geotechnical properties such as Atterberge’s limits, compaction, unconfined compression and swelling properties. The results show that the silica fume played an important role in improving the problem of swelling behavior in expansive soil. The silica fume decrease liquid limit and changed compaction parameters of expansive soils the moisture content values increased and the maximum dry unit weight values decrease. Also the silica fume increased unconfined compressive strength, decreased the compressibility and the vertical swelling percentages of clayey soil-silica fume mixtures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7fb366ad1fd45a389c900aae882eb782024-02-04T17:36:52ZengUnviversity of Technology- IraqEngineering and Technology Journal1681-69002412-07582013-10-0131173358337010.30684/etj.31.17A.1283556Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica FumeZeena Waleed S. AbbawiProblematic soils such as expansive soil are those clay soils which exhibited significant volume changes as results of soil moisture variation, when a dry mass of clay is allowed to absorb water, the effective size of particles increases and therefore the clay mass swells. This type of soil, upon wetting and drying, causes sever damage to structures built on such soil. A treatment of swelling/shrinkage using silica fume was studied in this work. The soil selected for the present investigation classified as (CH) according to unified soil classification system with liquid limit = 51% and plastic limit = 27%. Soil specimens were mixed with various percentages of silica fume contents (10%, 20%, 25%, 30% and 50%) to determine their effects on geotechnical properties such as Atterberge’s limits, compaction, unconfined compression and swelling properties. The results show that the silica fume played an important role in improving the problem of swelling behavior in expansive soil. The silica fume decrease liquid limit and changed compaction parameters of expansive soils the moisture content values increased and the maximum dry unit weight values decrease. Also the silica fume increased unconfined compressive strength, decreased the compressibility and the vertical swelling percentages of clayey soil-silica fume mixtures.https://etj.uotechnology.edu.iq/article_83556_a7274570465e1f1b3b29187fdd795115.pdfexpansive soilsilica fumevertical swelling percentages |
| spellingShingle | Zeena Waleed S. Abbawi Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica Fume Engineering and Technology Journal expansive soil silica fume vertical swelling percentages |
| title | Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica Fume |
| title_full | Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica Fume |
| title_fullStr | Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica Fume |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica Fume |
| title_short | Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Soil Treated With Silica Fume |
| title_sort | geotechnical properties of expansive soil treated with silica fume |
| topic | expansive soil silica fume vertical swelling percentages |
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