Experimental Study on Groutability of Sand Layer concerning Permeation Grouting by Yan-Xu Guo, Qing-Song Zhang, Lian-Zhen Zhang, Ren-Tai Liu, Xin Chen, Yan-Kai Liu

“…Results show that the sand particle size and slurry water-cement ratio are positively related to the groutability of sand layer, and the relative density and clay content of sand layer are negatively correlated with the groutability of sand layer. …”
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Experimental Study on the Ratio of Similar Materials in Weak Surrounding Rock Based on Orthogonal Design by Pengfei Jiao, Xiao Zhang, Xinzhi Li, Bohong Liu, Haojie Zhang

“…With the use of standard sand, fine sand, and silt clay as materials, similar materials for weak surrounding rock were developed. …”
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Performance Research of Materials and Engineering Application of Overburden Strata Separation-Zone Grouting Technology by Wanpeng Huang, Huanyu Li, Gang Sun, Donghai Jiang, Yanfa Gao

“…Then, emphasis was placed on the selection ratio of grouting materials and the hydrodynamic properties of different grout types, and grouting grout with a high concentration, slow precipitation rate, and good stability was obtained by taking fly ash and local clay as aggregates. The designed grout concentration was approximately 40%; the bulk density was approximately 1.20; and the clay content in the aggregates was approximately 40–50%. …”
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Upgradation of Iron Ore Fines and Slime by Selective Flocculation Using Surface-Active Agents, Settling Study, and Characterization of the Beneficiation Waste for Value Addition by Jyotirmoy Sarma, Sanchayita Rajkhowa, Sekh Mahiuddin

“…Heat treatment causes distortion of clay minerals present in the dispersed phase and also indicates the complex nature of the gangue minerals.…”
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Random Forest-Based Prediction Model for Stiffness Degradation of Offshore Wind Farm Submarine Soil by Ben He, Mingbao Lin, Xinran Yu, Zhishuai Zhang, Song Dai

“…The stiffness degradation laws of mucky clay and silt clay from offshore wind turbines were firstly investigated in the study. …”
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Evaluation of Soil Quality for Different Types of Land Use Based on Minimum Dataset in the Typical Desert Steppe in Ningxia, China by Ying Tian, Zhe Xu, Jun Wang, Zhanjun Wang

“…The results suggested that nine soil indicators, namely, soil water content (WC), total soil porosity (TP), percentage of soil sand (sand), percentage of soil clay (clay); soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), available nitrogen (AN), urease activity (UA), and catalase activity (CA) were selected for the MDS. …”
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An Experimental Study on Solidifying Municipal Sewage Sludge through Skeleton Building Using Cement and Coal Gangue by Jiankang Yang, Haijun Lu, Xiong Zhang, Jixiang Li, Weiwei Wang

“…To overcome these shortcomings, in this paper a skeleton-building method was used to solidify municipal sewage sludge in which coal gangue, cement and clay, and fiber were used as skeleton materials, cementation materials, and filling materials, respectively. …”
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Critical State of Sand Matrix Soils by Aminaton Marto, Choy Soon Tan, Ahmad Mahir Makhtar, Tiong Kung Leong

“…The Critical State Soil Mechanic (CSSM) is a globally recognised framework while the critical states for sand and clay are both well established. Nevertheless, the development of the critical state of sand matrix soils is lacking. …”
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Dynamics of CO2 emission under sweet corn (Zea mays Saccharata) cultivation at ultisol applied with compost by Yulnafatmawita, Suwita Vanessa Putri, Rasyidin Azwar

“…In addition, laboratory analysis showed that the Ultisol at the research site had a clay texture (53.7% clay particles), low organic carbon (0.77%), and pH (5.21), high bulk density (1.14 Mg m-3), and low total soil pore (56.31%). …”
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Discretization of the Water Uptake Process of Na-Montmorillonite Undergoing Atmospheric Stress: XRD Modeling Approach by Walid Oueslati, Mahdi Meftah

“…This hydrological disturbance allows the “demolition” of the clay history and to highlight the clay hydrous performance. …”
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IMPROVEMENT OF EXPANSIVE SOIL BY USING FIBER GLASS -SILICA FUME MIXTURE by Alyaa Radhi Mehsin, Adnan Qahtan Mohammed, Maysam Th. Al-Hadidi, Firas Ghrari

“…As well as adding 1 % (F) to the (clay soil - SF) mixture modify the prepared soil by reducing (Cc), (Cr), (SW) % and increasing (c, φ). …”
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Quantification of Persistence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Contrasting Soils by A. Mark Ibekwe, Sharon K. Papiernik, Catherine M. Grieve, Ching-Hong Yang

“…Microbial species diversity as determined by DGGE was significantly higher in clay soil than sandy soil and this resulted in higher initial decline in population in clay soil than in sandy soil. …”
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Reservoir Characteristics of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Shale in Zhaotong Region, Southern China by Chao Luo, Nanxin Yin, Hun Lin, Xuanbo Gao, Junlei Wang, Hanqing Zhu

“…The clay mineral content ranges from 15.0% to 46.1%, with an average of 29.3% in the Zhaotong region. …”
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Remediation of Soils Contaminated by Fluoride Using a Fermentation Product of Seaweed (Eucheuma cottonii) by Ruth Lorivi Moirana, Josephine Mkunda, Marcos Paradelo, Revocatus Machunda, Kelvin Mtei

“…The formed compound participates in ion exchange with clay or with anionic adsorption to positively charged clay sites at the edges. …”
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Experimental Research on High Temperature Resistance of Modified Lightweight Concrete after Exposure to Elevated Temperatures by Ke-cheng He, Rong-xin Guo, Qian-min Ma, Feng Yan, Zhi-wei Lin, Yan-Lin Sun

“…In order to improve the spalling resistance of lightweight aggregate concrete at high temperature, two types of modified materials were used to modify clay ceramsite lightweight aggregates by adopting the surface coating modification method. …”
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Accumulation and distribution of cadmium at organic-mineral micro-interfaces across soil aggregates by Qi Li, Linfeng Li, Bohao Yin, Xiaoyang Lin, Anwen Xiao, Weijie Xue, Hengjie Liu, Yichun Li

“…The mineral and microbial amendments facilitated the Cd transfer from the macroaggregates to the silt+clay fraction, while the organic amendment increased the Cd loading in the macroaggregates. …”
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Modeling Blast Loading on Buried Reinforced Concrete Structures with Zapotec by Greg C. Bessette

“…The coupling algorithm is discussed along with a set of benchmark calculations involving detonations in clay and sand.…”
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Weathering Processes and Mechanisms of Low-Grade Metamorphic Rock following Freeze-Thaw Processes by Guopeng Wu, Kai Cui, Pei Wang, Wenwu Chen

“…Because of this increase in volume and subsequent F-T cycles, new cracks form on the surfaces of pores due to outward pressure, and a lot of water is absorbed by clay minerals. The amount of water increases once again due to freezing as the temperature falls below zero degrees Celsius. …”
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Numerical study of comparing skirt sandpile with deep cement pile to improve load‒settlement response of circular footing in layered soils: Centric and eccentric effects by Hussein Ahmad

“…The SSP, measuring 8.00 m in length and 1.00 m in diameter, was analyzed in a soft clay-sandy soil environment. The Mohr–Coulomb, hardening soil, and linear elastic models were employed to simulate the soil and structural elements. …”
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Study and Application of Similar Material Ratio in Collapsible Loess by Bingchao Zhao, Yunxiang Ma, Yaxin Guo, Hao Sun, Jingbin Wang, Hailong Wang

“…The orthogonal experiment is used to make up similar material with different proportions using river sand and barite powder as aggregate, clay and gypsum as cementing material, and diatomite as adjusting material. …”
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