Swelling-shrinkage deformation of expansive soils is the primary governing factor for development of the crack network, which is intimately associated with the bearing capacity and the structural integrity of the soil body. To suppress the swelling-shrinkage characteristic, sintered red mud was utilized as a curing agent to stabilized expansive soil, and the physical property testing phase consisted of compaction tests, Atterberg limit tests and pH tests to derive patterns on the physical and mechanical properties of the expansive soil influenced by the incorporation of red mud. The principal engineering property tests include unconfined compressive tests, one-dimensional swell tests, desiccation-induced crack study and micro-structure analysis by scanning microscopy techniques. The test findings demonstrate that even red mud would somewhat weaken the strength, but restrict the plasticity and successfully prevent swelling-shrinkage deformation of expansive soils. Such an effect is positively correlated with the red mud content. When the content reaches 20%, the crack ratio reduction exceeds 40%, the swelling deformation are reduced by about 20%, and the unconfined compressive strength higher than 500 kPa with dry density of 1.6 g/cm3. The stabilization of expansive soils with red mud effectively increases the structural integrity of the soil layers and the safety of constructions to offer guidance for environmentally friendly construction in expansive soil areas.


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    Title :

    Influence of Red Mud on Swelling-shrinkage and Mechanical Performance of Compacted Expansive Soil


    Additional title:

    KSCE J Civ Eng


    Contributors:
    Wang, Aoxun (author) / Liu, Hailiang (author) / Xu, Yuran (author) / Xu, Shuai (author) / Xu, Yongfu (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2024-12-01


    Size :

    12 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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