Bearing capacity of bottom ash and its mixture with soils

This study characterizes two types of silica-aluminous bottomashes, produced at Spanish powerstations situated in Soto de Ribera(SR) and Aboño (AB),for their use in roads. Using laboratory tests, it was verified that these ashes can be used in embankments when they are appropriately compacted, given...

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Autores: López López, Esteban, Vega Zamanillo, Angel|||0000-0002-7140-6329, Calzada Pérez, Miguel Ángel|||0000-0001-6528-9392, Hernández Sanz, Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/32227
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/32227
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Power station
Bottom ash
Road
Soils
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Sumario:This study characterizes two types of silica-aluminous bottomashes, produced at Spanish powerstations situated in Soto de Ribera(SR) and Aboño (AB),for their use in roads. Using laboratory tests, it was verified that these ashes can be used in embankments when they are appropriately compacted, given that their dry densitie sare very low. CBR index values of over 30% were obtained. Three soils have been mixed with different percentage sof the bottom ashes. Soils can be improved by adding bottom ash contents that vary from 15% to 40% of the soil weight, thus improving their load-bearing capacity and reducing their plasticity.