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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 195, 2020
4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020)
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| Article Number | 06001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Special Session on the Reuse of Waste Geomaterials | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019506001 | |
| Published online | 16 October 2020 | |
Use of class C fly ash for stabilization of fine-grained soils
1 Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
* Corresponding author: ct554@exeter.ac.uk
Fine-grained soils may have undesired characteristics such as high swelling potential and low strength, thus requiring improvements. One of the stabilization methods involves the use of fly ash. Fly ash is a waste material obtained from burning coal in thermal power plants. The use of fly ash is encouraged as an alternative material for soil stabilization, due to its features such as pozzolanic properties and economic availability. This paper describes the results of an experimental study on stabilization of a clayey soil with fly ash. Unconfined compressive strength (UCS), triaxial and consolidation tests were carried out on samples of kaolinite mixed with class C fly ash at different percentages and cured for 1, 7, and 28 days, in order to study the effects of class C fly ash on the mechanical behaviour of the stabilized soil. The results showed that the inclusion of fly ash significantly improves the strength characteristics of the soil. Curing time was also found to have a significant effect on improving the properties of the soil.
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