An overview of geopolymer composites for stabilization of soft soils

F Ayub, SA Khan - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficiency and survivability of any structural component are determined not only by the
quality of the building materials used but also by the geological conditions underneath the …

A review of physicochemical stabilization for improved engineering properties of clays

A Bukhary, S Azam - Geotechnics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Severe climatic and environmental conditions warrant the use of stabilization agents in aid
of compaction for sustainable improvement in engineering properties of clays …

Random forest algorithm for the strength prediction of geopolymer stabilized clayey soil

HA Zeini, D Al-Jeznawi, H Imran, LFA Bernardo… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) can be used to assess the applicability of
geopolymer binders as ecologically friendly materials for geotechnical projects …

Low-alkaline activated construction and demolition waste-based geopolymers

H İlcan, AO Demirbaş, H Ulugöl, M Şahmaran - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the development of environmentally friendly, easy to use and cost-
effective construction and demolition waste (CDW)-based geopolymer mortars activated …

Effects of hybrid fibers and nanosilica on mechanical and durability properties of lightweight engineered geopolymer composites subjected to cyclic loading and …

G Humur, A Çevik - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the influence of nanosilica and hybrid fibers on the mechanical
behavior and microstructure of fly ash and slag-based lightweight geopolymer composites …

[HTML][HTML] Stabilization of clay soil using alkali-activated sewage sludge

S Pourakbar, A Maneshmoaveni, D Moazami… - Journal of Rock …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the innovative reuse of sewage sludge with eco-friendly alkaline
solutes to improve clayey soil without conventional cementitious binders. The unconfined …

An efficient approach to utilize copper smelting slag: Separating nonferrous metals and reducing iron oxide at high temperature

L Wu, H Li, K Liu, H Mei, Y **a, Y Dong - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Over 50 million tons of copper slag are produced worldwide annually. Stacking is currently
the primary method used to treat copper slag, resulting in resource wastage and …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanics, durability, and microstructure analysis of marine soil stabilized by an eco-friendly calcium carbide residue-activated coal gangue geopolymer

J Li, Y Shan, P Ni, J Cui, Y Li, J Zhou - Case Studies in Construction …, 2024 - Elsevier
Constructing infrastructure on soft soils demands the implementation of ground
improvement. This study proposed an eco-friendly method of stabilizing marine soil using a …

Boosting-based ensemble machine learning models for predicting unconfined compressive strength of geopolymer stabilized clayey soil

GMS Abdullah, M Ahmad, M Babur, MU Badshah… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The present research employs new boosting-based ensemble machine learning models ie,
gradient boosting (GB) and adaptive boosting (AdaBoost) to predict the unconfined …

Durability Evaluation of Clayey Sandy Soil Stabilized with Copper-Slag-Based Geopolymer Under Freezing–Thawing Cycles

A Fakhrabadi, AJ Choobbasti, SS Kutanaei - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
In the current study, the durability of a clayey-sand stabilized with copper-slag (CS)-based
geopolymer and alkaline activator solution (AAS) is investigated in freezing–thawing (F–T) …