Effect of cyclic swell – shrink on swell percentage of an expansive clay stabilized by class c fly ash

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As, Mehmet

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Expansive soils are a worldwide problem especially in the regions where climate is arid or semi arid. These soils swell when they are exposed to water and shrink when they dry. Cyclic swelling and shrinkage of clays and associated movements of foundations may result in cracking of structures. Several methods are used to decrease or prevent the swelling potential of such soils like prewetting, surcharge loading, chemical stabilization etc. Among these, one of the most widely used method is using chemical admixtures (chemical stabilization). Cyclic wetting and drying affects the swell – shrink behaviour of expansive soils. In this research, the effect of cyclic swell – shrink on swell percentage of a chemically stabilized expansive soil is investigated. Class C Fly Ash is used as an additive for stabilization of an expansive soil that is prepared in the laboratory environment by mixing kaolinite and bentonite. Fly ash was added to expansive soil with a predetermined percentage changing between 0 to 20 percent. Hydrated lime with percentages changing between 0 to 5 percent and sand with 5 percent were also used instead of fly ash for comparison. Firstly, consistency limits, grain size distributions and swell percentages of mixtures were determined. Then to see the effect of cyclic swell – shrink on the swelling behavior of the mixtures, swell – shrink cycles applied to samples and swell percentages were determined. Swell percentage decreased as the proportion of the fly ash increased. Cyclic swell-shrink affected the swell percentage of fly ash stabilized samples positively.

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Swelling soils., Soil stabilization.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614029/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21362

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M. As, “Effect of cyclic swell – shrink on swell percentage of an expansive clay stabilized by class c fly ash,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.