Colonial sandcastle-inspired low-carbon building materials

X Xu, Z Chen, X Wan, Z Wang, Y Zhang, J Meng… - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Low-carbon building materials are attracting enormous attention due to the massive energy
consumption and carbon emissions from conventional constructions. Existing natural-based …

Effect of polypropylene fibers on internal erosional behavior of poorly graded sandy soil stabilized with the binary mixtures of clay and polyvinyl acetate

AH Vakili, S Rastegar, H Golkarfard, M Salimi… - Environmental Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Internal erosion refers to the mechanism of separation and movement of soil grains owing to
water flow from a porous environment that may cause significant damage to the structures …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of Acacia Gum Biopolymer in Strength Improvement of Silty and Clay Soils under Varying Curing Conditions

M Vishweshwaran, ER Sujatha, AU Rehman… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Acacia gum (AG), a polysaccharide biopolymer, has been adopted to improve the strength of
three cohesive soils by subjecting them to diverse environmental aging conditions. Being a …

A comprehensive review of biodegradable biopolymers' challenges and performance in improving soil mechanical characteristics

F Mohammadian, B Abdolsamadi Bonab… - Environmental Earth …, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, there has been a significant focus on improving poor soil with the aim to
modifying its geotechnical properties and addressing its environmental issues. The …

Investigation of the long-term shear strength behavior of municipal solid waste fines stabilized with biopolymer: An experimental study

AK Verma, A Prasad, NS Bonal - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biopolymers are emerging as sustainable and eco-friendly soil stabilizers, but there is a lack
of studies investigating their long-term effectiveness. Municipal Solid Waste Fines (MSWF) …

Predicting the UCS of Polyhydroxyalkanoate and Xanthan gum Treated Sandy Soil Using Gradient Boosting Algorithms

STA Jaffar, M Iqbal, X Bao, FE Jalal, X Chen - Journal of Cleaner …, 2025 - Elsevier
In geotechnical engineering, it has been reported that bio-based materials reduce
environmental pollutants such as greenhouse gases and heavy metals. However, due to …

Geotechnical investigation of gelatin biopolymer on cohesive soils

M Vishweshwaran, ER Sujatha - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gelatin, a biopolymer derived from animal proteins, has been selected to stabilize three fine-
grained soils by determining select index and engineering properties. Specimens for …

Performance evaluation of clayey soil considering impact of lime during electrokinetic consolidation

A Javid, BK Pandey, Srijan - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Electrokinetics has gained importance as a sustainable soil modification and remediation
method for improving problematic sites. The formation of cracks during the electrokinetic …

Study of Road Performance and Curing Mechanism of Coal Gangue by Curing Agent

Z Ren, R Zhang, J Zhang, Q Gao, C Liu… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Coal gangue is a type of rock waste product with dark gray color during coal mining and
washing. The curing agent stabilizes soils by improving their physico-mechanical properties …

[PDF][PDF] Enhancing strength parameters of Firoozkooh sandy soil improved with Persian herbal gum

M Mohseninia, H Salehzadeh - Amirkabir Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023 - ceej.aut.ac.ir
Various improvement methods have been proposed to improve the mechanical and physical
characteristics of soil for construction and other similar matters. One of the improvement …