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Geotechnical Properties of Anthropogenic Soils in Road Engineering

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  • Andrzej Głuchowski

    (Water Centre WULS, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02787 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Katarzyna Gabryś

    (Water Centre WULS, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02787 Warsaw, Poland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Emil Soból

    (Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02787 Warsaw, Poland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Raimondas Šadzevičius

    (Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, 53361 Kaunas, Lithuania)

  • Wojciech Sas

    (Water Centre WULS, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02787 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

The construction of a roads network consumes high amounts of materials. The road materials are required to fulfill high standards like bearing capacity and low settlement susceptibility due to cyclic loading. Therefore, crushed aggregates are the primary subbase construction material. The material-intensity of road engineering leads to depletion of natural resources, and to avoid it, the alternative recycled materials are required to be applied to achieve sustainable development. The anthropogenic soils (AS), which are defined as man-made unbound aggregates, are the response to these requirements. For the successful application of the AS, a series of geotechnical laboratory and field tests were conducted. In this article, we present the set of 58 test results, including California Bearing Ratio (CBR) bearing capacity tests, oedometric tests, and cyclic CBR tests, to characterize the behavior of three AS types and to compare its reaction with natural aggregate (NA). The AS tested in this study are recycled concrete aggregate (RCA), fly ash and bottom ash mix (BS), and blast furnace slag (BFS). The results of the tests show that the AS has similar characteristics to NA, and in some cases, like compression characteristic, RCA and BFS behave a stiffer response to cyclic loading. The test results and analysis presented here extend the knowledge about AS compressibility and AS response to cyclic loading.

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  • Andrzej Głuchowski & Katarzyna Gabryś & Emil Soból & Raimondas Šadzevičius & Wojciech Sas, 2020. "Geotechnical Properties of Anthropogenic Soils in Road Engineering," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-25, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:12:p:4843-:d:371070
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    1. Katarzyna Gabryś & Emil Soból & Wojciech Sas, 2021. "Physical, Deformation, and Stiffness Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-13, April.

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