Soil and clay stabilization with calcium-and non-calcium-based additives: A state-of-the-art review of challenges, approaches and techniques

A Behnood - Transportation Geotechnics, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil stabilization is a technique to improve the engineering and geotechnical properties of
soils such as mechanical strength, permeability, compressibility, durability and plasticity …

Recycling and utilization of calcium carbide slag-current status and new opportunities

X Gong, T Zhang, J Zhang, Z Wang, J Liu, J Cao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coal is the dominant fuel in China to provide primary energy, and 70% of polyvinyl chloride
is produced from coal-based CaC 2. CaC 2 reacts with water to produce acetylene and …

Improvement of problematic soils with biopolymer—an environmentally friendly soil stabilizer

N Latifi, S Horpibulsuk, CL Meehan… - Journal of Materials in …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Problematic soils with high compressibility and low shear strength are often treated with
traditional chemical stabilizing additives such as cement and lime to improve their …

Strength development in soft marine clay stabilized by fly ash and calcium carbide residue based geopolymer

C Phetchuay, S Horpibulsuk, A Arulrajah… - Applied clay …, 2016 - Elsevier
This research investigates strength development and the carbon footprint of Calcium
Carbide Residue (CCR) and Fly Ash (FA) based geopolymer stabilized marine clay. Coode …

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 …

Elevated temperature, freezing-thawing and wetting-drying effects on polypropylene fiber reinforced metakaolin based geopolymer composites

Y Aygörmez, O Canpolat, MM Al-Mashhadani… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, metakaolin-based geopolymer samples produced by substitution of silica fume
and colemanite waste up to 20% were subjected to high-temperature effects at 300, 600 …

Soil strengthening using thermo-gelation biopolymers

I Chang, AK Prasidhi, J Im, GC Cho - Construction and Building Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
A new biopolymeric construction material for soil treatment/improvement is introduced in this
study in an effort to develop an environmentally-friendly construction engineering approach …

Evaluation of slag/fly ash based geopolymer concrete with steel, polypropylene and polyamide fibers

ÖF Kuranlı, M Uysal, MT Abbas, T Cosgun, A Niş… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Geopolymer composites have become an essential product to reduce CO2 emissions, which
is an important problem today and ensures green sustainability. With the increasing …

Experimental study on calcium carbide residue as a combined activator for coal gangue geopolymer and feasibility for soil stabilization

Y Li, J Li, J Cui, Y Shan, Y Niu - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the use of calcium carbide residue (CCR) as a potential alternative to
NaOH for activating coal gangue (CG) geopolymers, both of industrial waste. A series of …

Stabilisation of marginal lateritic soil using high calcium fly ash-based geopolymer

I Phummiphan, S Horpibulsuk, P Sukmak… - Road Materials and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Marginal soils are traditional stabilised with Portland Cement (PC) when used as a
pavement material. The production of PC is however an energy-intensive process and emits …