Strength and stiffness properties of mixtures of granitic soil-cement

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Rios Silva, S (Author) Other; Viana Da Fonseca, A (Author) FEUP; Consoli, NC (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering

Pages: 312-315

17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009

Alexandria, 5 October 2009 through 9 October 2009

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Authenticus ID: P-008-1TC

DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-312

Abstract (EN): This paper will focus on the sensitivity of strength and stiffness properties of silty-sands, from granitic residual soil, which can be converted to a highly improved material if stabilized with cement. The study of soil stabilization with cement demands to quantify the influence of the cement percentage, porosity and water content adopted in the admixing process for different stresses and physical states. Firstly, this influence was quantified in terms of the unconfined strength and maximum deformability modulus executing unconfined compression tests as well as seismic wave velocities measurements in thoroughly controlled conditions in laboratory, varying the factors indicated above. Then, drained triaxial tests with very precise instrumentation were performed in some specimens with such a cement percentage and water content fixing the relationship between the void ratio and the volume of cement. © 2009 IOS Press.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific