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The applied research focused on the stabilization process of unstable soils has pointed out the possibility of using different types of organic fibers and eco-friendly binders in terms of their effects on mechanical performance characteristics, cost savings and environmental impact. The experimental applications carried out under small-scale laboratory conditions aim to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of bio-composite wool-based products mixed with different binders in clayey stabilization works or...

The expansive soils, known for significantly volume changes when subjected to moisture, pose major problems to foundations, causing severe damages to structures built on this kind of soils. Recent environmental approaches are focused on the conservation of natural resources and on reducing the effects of waste landfills by recycling and reusing different types of waste materials. In this perspective, a sustainable way to deal with expansive clay soils is to integrate them back into secondary building materials or ...

According to the globally sustainable trend line focused on the development or optimization of eco-innovative technologies or products to improve technical, environmental and economic performances of building materials, the necessity of experimental applications dealing with recycling and use of construction waste in geotechnical works has been addressed in various research studies. In this context, the present paper aims to configure soil compositions by mixing various types of construction wastes and enzymatic a...

A large number of structural damages reported during the past decades around the world associated with a high geotechnical risk have highlighted the major attention that should be given to the expansive soil category in engineering practice. For avoiding or mitigating the effects of clay expansiveness on civil engineering structures before construction, the identification of soil parameters related to swelling behavior is considered essential in solving geotechnical engineering problems. This paper aims to analyze...

Due to large widespread of loess deposits in many parts of the world and reported geotechnical problems arising from collapse susceptibility due to soil sensitivity to wetting changes associated with subsidence and damages, advanced and detailed analyses for quantification of specific characteristics are necessary in order to select the optimal technical solutions in terms of structure safety and stability. This paper presents the analysis of various experimental testing results, with particular emphasis on the co...