There are large areas of soft clay distributed in coastal China, which often used as raw materials for hydraulic fill engineering recent years, and its sedimentation characteristics have attracted more attention. In this paper, the influence initial water content on is studied through experiment. The results show that: (1) process can be divided into two stages: stage self weight consolidation ...

This paper presents a comprehensive study on the possibility of sewage sludge management in a sintered ceramic material such as a lightweight aggregate. Made from clay and sludge lightweight aggregates were sintered at two temperatures: 1100 °C (name of sample LWA1) and 1150 °C (name of sample LWA2). Physical and mechanical properties indicate that the resulting expanded clay aggregate containi...

Action on climate, the environment, and the efficient use of raw materials and resources are important challenges facing our society. Against this backdrop, the construction industry must adapt to new trends and environmentally sustainable construction systems, thus requiring lines of research aimed at keeping energy consumption in new buildings as low as possible. One of the main goals of this...

In order to explore the evolution mechanism of water and mud inrush, based on fluid-solid coupling similarity theory a large number matching tests, fault similar materials with mountain sand, gravel, red clay as raw surrounding rock clay, cement, are developed. Similar materials’ physical mechanical properties hydraulic different ratios tested analyzed. The results show that content influences ...

The mechanical properties of non-vulcanized natural rubber and dialyzed natural rubber-clay nanocomposites have been studied by uniaxial deformations to evaluate the reinforcement efficiency of the clay. We show that while non-rubber molecules contribute to auto-reinforcement, removal of these molecules improves significantly the performance of clay as reinforcement agent. These mechanical prop...

[1] To understand the aqueous history of Mars, it is critical to constrain the alteration mineralogy of the Martian surface. Previously published analyses of thermal infrared (l = 6–25 mm) remote sensing data of Mars suggest that dark regions have 15–20% clay minerals. However, near-infrared (l = 1–3 mm) spectral results generally do not identify widespread clay minerals. Thermal infrared detec...

Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate (LECA), a clay-based lightweight aggregate expanding after burning at high temperatures, is among the promising material since it can be used as construction materials for buildings and roads, geotechnical fillings, hydroponic growing medium, humidity control, wall damper, heat insulation, water treatment, others. However, potential of clay from various place...