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Brackish water in swelling soil stabilization with lime and sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA)

April 01, 2023 Carina Silvani João Pedro Camelo Guedes Jucimara Cardoso da Silva Eduardo Antonio Guimarães Tenório Renan Carlos de Melo Nascimento

This research shows that brackish water increases the unconfined compressive strength of swelling soil/sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA)/lime blends. Therefore, brackish water may substitute tap water in soil stabilization. Sodium chloride (NaCl) has been used in lime-ashes-soil treatments. In northeast Brazil, swelling soils are usual and artesian wells som...

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Mass movements in the Northeast region of Brazil: a systematic review

July 29, 2020 Bruna Silveira Lira Maria Natália de Melo Sousa Olavo Francisco dos Santos Junior Carina Silvani Edilza Rakel Nóbrega Gustavo Clementino Santos

Mass movements are one of the main causes of loss of people and environmental assets. Several factors contribute to mass movements, such as terrain morphology, rainfall regime, soil properties, land use and occupation. Studies showed that in the Northeast region of Brazil, between the years of 1991 and 2012, 38 events related to mass movements were reco...

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Brackish water in swelling soil stabilization with lime and sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA)

Mass movements in the Northeast region of Brazil: a systematic review

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