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Title: | Effect of the Organic Matter Content on the Mechanical Properties of Soils Stabilized with Xanthan Gum | Authors: | Oliveira, Paulo J. Venda Reis, Maria J. F. C. C. |
Keywords: | xanthan gum; organic soils; soil stabilization | Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | project PTDC/ECI-CON/28382/2017 UIDB/04029/2020 LA/P/0112/2020 |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Applied Sciences (Switzerland) | Volume: | 13 | Issue: | 8 | Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to study the effect of the organic matter (OM) content on the effectiveness of the soil stabilization process using the biopolymer xanthan gum. Five different artificial soils with an organic matter content in the range of 1.5 to 7.7% are subjected to unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and oedometer tests to evaluate their strength, stiffness and compressibility, respectively. These results are complemented by an analysis of SEM images. The results from the UCS tests show a positive effect of the stabilization process in terms of strength and stiffness in a range of an OM content of 1.5 to 5.5%, but a detrimental effect for a higher OM content (7.7%) is observed. Due to the hydration of the biopolymer’s hydrogels, the compressibility tends to increase in specimens stabilized with xanthan gum. This effect is amplified for higher OM contents. The results of oedometer tests also show that the stabilization with xanthan gum brings about a significant decrease in the coefficient of consolidation, inducing an increase in the primary consolidation time. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113472 | ISSN: | 2076-3417 | DOI: | 10.3390/app13084787 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Eng.Civil - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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