The electrokinetic technique is an emerging technology presently tested in situ to remove dissolved heavy metals from contaminated groundwater. There is a growing interest for using this system to cleanse clayey soil contaminated by toxic metallic ions. Currently, there are very few available non-destructive treatment methods that could be successfully applied in situ on low permeable type of s...

Although people have always classified soils, it is only since themid 19th century that soil classification emerged as an important topic within soil science. It forced soil scientists to think systematically about soils and its genesis and developed to facilitate communication between soil scientists. It has also been the cause for much debate and confusion but two internationally accepted sys...

The shrinkage limit is one of the Atterberg limits and a fundamental geotechnical parameter used to assess settlement other volume change parameters engineering soils containing clays. This paper describes index tests results on expansive soil treated with rice husk ash (RHA) 5%, 10% 15% quicklime activated (QARHA) obtained using laboratory testing procedure. representative was subjected classi...

Experimental results for the cracking of heterogeneous clay samples during desiccation are reported, and an associated numerical model is developed comparison. The contain embedded rigid inclusions to induce strain fields drying. crack paths local monitored process using digital image correlation. A phase field initiation propagation introduced compared with experimental results. qualitative ag...