Recently, the improvement of the engineering properties of soil has been centered on using
sustainable and eco-friendly materials. This study investigates the efficacy of three …

New protein-based biopolymers are introduced in this study to stabilize dune sand. Since
the conventional soil stabilization materials, especially cement, have harmful effects on the …

Biopolymer treatment of geomaterials to develop sustainable geotechnical systems is an
important step towards the reduction of global warming. The cutting edge technology of …

Dune sands have low shear strength due to weak particle structures and lack of bondings.
Environmental challenges, sandstorms for instance, can be occurred by the wind. Therefore …

Biopolymers are a nature‐friendly solution that can impart rock‐like strength in sand by
developing bonds between grains. In this study, we assessed the behaviour of desert sand …

Sustainable engineering discourages the use of conventional soil stabilizers such as lime
and cement owing to their higher carbon emission rates. To address these challenges, many …

Due to weak physical properties of sand, chemical reinforcement methods are widely used
to improve sand properties to meet the engineering requirements. However, most of the …

Biopolymers have recently been used as ecofriendly materials for soil improvement in terms
of stabilization, compressibility, and engineering parameters. The objective of this study is to …

Improvement of soil characteristics has always been of interest to civil engineers. This
research aims to propose an environmentally-friendly material to improve dune sand …

The utilizing of traditional chemical stabilizers could improve soil engineering properties but
also results in brittle behavior and causes environmental problems. This study investigates …