Recent advances in expansive soil stabilization using admixtures: current challenges and opportunities

Zada, Umar; Jamal, Arshad; Iqbal, Mudassir; Eldin, Sayed M.; Almoshaogeh, Meshal; Bekkouche, Souhila Rehab; Almuaythir, Sultan

doi:10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e01985

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“…Different soil types are more suitable for specific purposes, such as planting or building foundations. The composition of the soil is significant, as it comprises various chemicals [84]. The proportions of different particle types of influence soil texture, drainage capability, and nutrient-holding capacity.…”

Section: Materials Selection and Efficiencymentioning

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Assessing the Role and Efficiency of Thermal Insulation by the “BIO-GREEN PANEL” in Enhancing Sustainability in a Built Environment

Almusaed,

Almssad,

Alasadi

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The pressing concern of climate change and the imperative to mitigate CO2 emissions have significantly influenced the selection of outdoor plant species. Consequently, evaluating CO2’s environmental effects on plants has become integral to the decision-making process. Notably, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from buildings is significant in tackling the consequences of climate change and addressing energy deficiencies. This article presents a novel approach by introducing plant panels as an integral component in future building designs, epitomizing the next generation of sustainable structures and offering a new and sustainable building solution. The integration of environmentally friendly building materials enhances buildings’ indoor environments. Consequently, it becomes crucial to analyze manufacturing processes in order to reduce energy consumption, minimize waste generation, and incorporate green technologies. In this context, experimentation was conducted on six distinct plant species, revealing that the energy-saving potential of different plant types on buildings varies significantly. This finding contributes to the economy’s improvement and fosters enhanced health-related and environmental responsibility. The proposed plant panels harmonize various building components and embody a strategic approach to promote health and well-being through bio-innovation. Furthermore, this innovative solution seeks to provide a sustainable alternative by addressing the challenges of unsustainable practices, outdated standards, limited implementation of new technologies, and excessive administrative barriers in the construction industry. The obtained outcomes will provide stakeholders within the building sector with pertinent data concerning performance and durability. Furthermore, these results will enable producers to acquire essential information, facilitating product improvement.

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Section: Materials Selection and Efficiencymentioning

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Assessing the Role and Efficiency of Thermal Insulation by the “BIO-GREEN PANEL” in Enhancing Sustainability in a Built Environment

Almusaed,

Almssad,

Alasadi

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…Various chemical additions, including lime, cement, blast furnace slag, cement slag, coffee seed ash, agricultural waste ash, gypsum, fly ash, nano silica, silicate compounds, geopolymers, sulfonated oils, ammonium chloride, enzymes, potassium compounds, polymers, ammonium and potassium lignosulfonates, barium chloride, barium hydroxide, and bio-enzymes have been utilised to stabilise unstable soils for earthwork applications [10][11][12][13][14][15]. Soil stabilisation with chemical addition can be employed to strengthen soils with poor engineering qualities, and it can also be used for engineering purposes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The characteristics of the soil, such as particle size distribution (PSD) (or gradation), chemical composition and minerology, plasticity characteristics, organic matter content, salt (mainly sulphate) content, cation-exchange capacity, pH, specific surface area, etc., influence the efficiency of the stabilisation process in addition to the type and quantity of the used cementitious materials. Gained qualities of stabilised soils may also be affected by the construction method and quality (e.g., compaction effort), curing state, and duration [6,13,17,18,28,29].…”

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Global Research Trends in Engineered Soil Development through Stabilisation: Scientific Production and Thematic Breakthrough Analysis

Ravindran,

Bahrami,

Mahesh

et al. 2023

Buildings

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Soil, a naturally occurring resource, is increasingly used as a construction material. Stabilisation strengthens soil, which is weak as an engineering material. Stabilising soil changes its physical qualities, enhancing its strength. Soil stabilisation increases the shear strength and load-bearing capacity. Soil stabilisation refers to any endeavour to change natural soil for engineering purposes using physical, chemical, mechanical, or biological methods, or a mix of these. Strengthening road pavements includes improving the load-bearing capacity, tensile strength, and performance of unstable subsoils, sands, and waste materials. Due to market demands and scientific advances, the number of soil-stabilising additives has increased. These innovative stabilisers include reinforcing fibres, calcium chloride, sodium chloride, and cross-linking water-based styrene acrylic polymers, which are geopolymers that boost the load-bearing capacity and tensile strength of soil. Many materials are being explored for soil stabilisation. In this article, the authors investigated the direction of soil stabilisation research. Scientometric analysis identifies stabilisation challenges and research trends in the field. This study analysed research patterns by countries, authors, institutions, keywords, and journals from 1959 to 2023; in 2021, 150 articles were published, which was the highest number in a year. Citations peaked at 3084 in 2022. With 253 publications and 3084 citations, India was the most productive country. Iran and France published the fewest, 34 and 33, respectively. The Islamic Azad University and the National Institute of Technology had the fewest published articles with 17 articles. This work can help track soil stabilisation research and will serve as an information document for future research.

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“…Numerous scholars have documented the utilisation of fly ash in geotechnical engineering. At present, a significant volume of scholarly literature pertaining to the topic of soil stabilisation by the use of lime, fly ash, rice husk, and slag [10][11]. Cement stabilisation has been widely recognised as the most effective technique due to its evident advantages.…”

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An Application of Geopolymer stabilized expansive soil to reduce the rainfall-based erosion in slopes

Dudekula,

Chigurupati

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Soil stabilization is critical in civil infrastructure, acting as a cornerstone for sustainable and resilient building practices. It enables the construction of strong foundations capable of withstanding enormous loads and adverse conditions, assuring the safety and lifespan of structures such as buildings and roads. The utilization of industrial by products for enhancing the qualities of locally expanding soils has become increasingly popular, mostly due to its low carbon emissions and cost-effectiveness. The present investigation focused on the effect of the addition of Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag (GGBS) and Geopolymer solution to expansive soil in order to reduce the erosion of slopes. Unconfined compressive strength tests were performed and found that 10% GGBS is the optimum amount for stabilization. SEM studies were conducted to know the microstructure before and after stabilization. The study determined that the rate of rainfall erosion on the stabilized slope was lower compared to the untreated soil, and the load-carrying capacity of the stabilized slope was much greater.

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Recent advances in expansive soil stabilization using admixtures: current challenges and opportunities

Cited by 33 publications

References 59 publications

Assessing the Role and Efficiency of Thermal Insulation by the “BIO-GREEN PANEL” in Enhancing Sustainability in a Built Environment

Assessing the Role and Efficiency of Thermal Insulation by the “BIO-GREEN PANEL” in Enhancing Sustainability in a Built Environment

Global Research Trends in Engineered Soil Development through Stabilisation: Scientific Production and Thematic Breakthrough Analysis

An Application of Geopolymer stabilized expansive soil to reduce the rainfall-based erosion in slopes

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