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Improvement of expansive soil treated by chemical additives

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Expansive soil
Swelling Soil
Soil Stabilization
Addicrete P
Addicrete BV
Improvement of expansive soil treated by chemical additives
ICASGE'23

Abstract

Expansive soil is found in many regions in Egypt, especially in the new desert cities including New Sohag City (town in Upper Egypt). In this study, the soil samples were taken from the place of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at New Sohag University from a depth of 5 meters and it's used in the experimental program. The physical and mechanical properties of the natural soil were obtained. Then the soil was treated with chemical additives (Addicrete P and Addicrete BV) 0.5%, 1% and 2% by dry weight of soil. After treatment of soil the properties of the samples were investigated at different times. The natural soil properties were used as control points for comparison purposes. The main results show that with increase of Addicrete P the Plastic limit increases and liquid limit decreases, hence decreases plasticity index and it is revealed that a change of expansive soil texture takes place when Addicrete P are mixed with expansive soil. While Addicrete BV does not effect on the Atterberg limits or the soil texture. As the amount of “Addicrete P or Addicrete BV" is increased, there are apparent reductions in optimum moisture content, unconfined compressive strength, free swell, swelling potential and swelling pressure. A corresponding increase in maximum dry density was noticed. The paper contains on the many important test results and these results analyzed to establish optimum dosage levels for each of the treated additives. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that the expansive soil can be successfully improved by Addicrete P and Addicrete BV.

Keywords

Expansive soil, Swelling Soil, Soil Stabilization, Addicrete P, Addicrete BV

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Mamdouh

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A. Kenawi and Ahmed O. Kamel

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ICASGE2015

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1 Jan 2015

Publish Date

29 May 2022

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https://icasge.conferences.ekb.eg/article_1432.html

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161

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Conference

Publication Title

ICASGE'23

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https://icasge.conferences.ekb.eg/

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Article

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en

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13 Dec 2022