TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of curing environment on the strength and mineralogy of lime-GGBS-treated acid sulphate soils
AU - Islam, Shahi Taphsir
AU - Haque, Asadul
AU - Wilson, Siobhan
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper investigates the effect of curing environment on the strength and modal mineralogy of synthetically prepared acid sulphate soils (ASS) treated with lime and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS). The treated samples were cured under various environmental conditions for up to 365days and tested for pH, unconfined compressive strength (UCS), and changes in modal mineralogy using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). Quantitative analysis of XRD patterns (QXRD) was carried out using the Rietveld method. Results show that a lower temperature curing environment (15 wt ) are observed to have an adverse effect on the UCS after 180days of curing because of the formation of deleterious minerals (i.e.,thaumasite).
AB - This paper investigates the effect of curing environment on the strength and modal mineralogy of synthetically prepared acid sulphate soils (ASS) treated with lime and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS). The treated samples were cured under various environmental conditions for up to 365days and tested for pH, unconfined compressive strength (UCS), and changes in modal mineralogy using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). Quantitative analysis of XRD patterns (QXRD) was carried out using the Rietveld method. Results show that a lower temperature curing environment (15 wt ) are observed to have an adverse effect on the UCS after 180days of curing because of the formation of deleterious minerals (i.e.,thaumasite).
UR - http://goo.gl/xX6IUV
U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000887
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000887
M3 - Article
VL - 26
SP - 1003
EP - 1008
JO - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
JF - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
SN - 0899-1561
IS - 5
ER -