Mechanical and Chemical Stabilisation of Carbonatesand

Abstract:

This paper describe a laboratory investigation into the effects of adding silica sand and/or cement on the behaviour of artificial carbonate sand under shear and compression. Drained shear and compressibility tests have been performed on artificial carbonate sand samples and artificial carbonate sand samples mixed with different proportion by weight of silica sand and/or cement in order to determine the shear stress-strain and compressibility characteristics of the mixed material.The results demonstrate that contraction during shear and compressibility during isotropic compression decrease as the fraction of silica sand and/or cement increases within the artificial carbonate sand.A positive volumetric change (dilation) during shear is more obvious with cemented samples. It also demonstrate how the addition of a combination of silica sand and cement produces the most effective improvement in terms of strength, stiffness, compressibility and crushing.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 742)
• Pages: 224-230
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.742.224
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Khaled Grine
• Keywords: Artificial Carbonate Sand, Cement, Compressibility, Contraction, Crushing, Silica Sand

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