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Influence of rock powder on the behaviour of an organic soil

Authors: Ali Firat Cabalar, Salama Omar Alosman

Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Issue 11/2021

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This paper aims to present the use of rock powder as an agent to improve the behaviour of organic soil. The rock powder, a waste material, was mixed with the organic soil at different contents, namely 10%, 20%, 35%, and 50% by dry weight of the mixture. Experiments have been conducted in fall cone, compaction, unconfined compression strength, and oedometer testing apparatuses. The influence of 50% rock powder content on the Atterberg limits and undrained shear strength (s_u) of organic soil was to be decreased of the order of 30% and 80%, respectively. The results have shown a marked effect of rock powder inclusion on compaction tests with a substantial increase in dry unit weight (γ) and a decrease in optimum moisture content (w_opt). Although unconfined compressive strength (q_u) values have increased slightly with the addition of rock powder, the dramatic decrease observed in energy absorption values indicates that the additive gives the mixture a relatively brittle behaviour. It is also among the observations reached that the waste rock powder inclusion affects consolidation characteristics at varying rates, with a substantial decrease in compression index (c_c), swelling index (c_s), initial void ratio (e_o), and volumetric compressibility (m_v), and increase in the coefficient of consolidation (c_v) up to about 25%. The results are presented for reducing the environmental impact of rock powder by treating organic soil.

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Title: Influence of rock powder on the behaviour of an organic soil
Authors: Ali Firat Cabalar
Salama Omar Alosman
Publication date: 11-10-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Issue 11/2021
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Electronic ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02457-2

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