An Investigation into Strength and Permittivity of Compacted Sand-Clay Mixtures by Partial Replacement of Water with Lignosulfonate

• Authors: A. Sezer , A. Mardani-Aghabaglou , A. Boz , N. Tanrınıan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Strength and permeability of sand-bentonite mixtures are of main concern, particularly in liner design. This study presents the results obtained from an experimental investigation of strength and permittivity of compacted sand-bentonite mixtures in the presence of water-reducing admixture of lignosulfonate. For this, sand-bentonite mixtures containing 4, 8, 12, 16% of bentonite were subjected to standard Proctor tests, to obtain the optimum water content and maximum void ratio of the mixtures. Similar specimens were prepared by partially replacing 0.5, 1 and 2% of water in the mixture with lignosulfonate. Additional specimens containing 16% of bentonite were prepared with 5% deviation towards the wet and dry sides of optimum water content, which was partially replaced with lignosulfonate for evaluation of the effects of deviation from optimum moisture content during densification. It was observed that partial replacement of water with lignosulfonate slightly increases the strength and decreases the permittivity, and that this effect was more pronounced as the replacement level was increased. Additionally, test results reveal that lignosulfonate replacement was more effective on the dry side of optimum water content.

Keywords

EN

81.05.Rm; 83.80.Fg; 89.60.-k

Discipline

• 83.80.Fg: Granular solids
• 81.05.Rm: Porous materials; granular materials(for granular superconductors, see 74.81.Bd)
• 89.60.-k: Environmental studies(for ecology, see 87.23.-n; for environmental impacts of renewable energy, see 88.05.Np)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 130
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-27

Dates

published

2016-07

Contributors

author

A. Sezer

• Ege University, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir, Turkey

author

A. Mardani-Aghabaglou

• Uludag University, Department of Civil Engineering, Bursa, Turkey

author

A. Boz

• Ege University, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir, Turkey

author

N. Tanrınıan

• Ege University, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.130.23