Sustainability factors in pavement materials, design, and preservation strategies: A literature review

C Plati - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
As sustainability is a system characteristic that encompasses economic, environmental, and
social dimensions, pavement sustainability is necessarily one of the highest-level …

Carbon intensity of corn ethanol in the United States: state of the science

MJ Scully, GA Norris, TMA Falconi… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The carbon intensity (CI) of corn ethanol, the primary renewable fuel used in transportation,
has been actively researched and quantified over the last three decades. Reliable estimates …

A novel study on using protein based biopolymers in soil strengthening

H Fatehi, SM Abtahi, H Hashemolhosseini… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Innovations in pavement design and engineering: A 2023 sustainability review

J Styer, L Tunstall, A Landis, J Grenfell - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Transportation infrastructure is essential to a nation's everyday life and economic activity.
Accordingly, pavement design and engineering are imperative to ensure safe, comfortable …

[PDF][PDF] A review of sustainable materials to improve geotechnical properties of soils

FQ Al-Naje, AH Abed, AJ Al-Taie - Al-Nahrain Journal for Engineering …, 2020 - iasj.net
Most of the soils suffered from significant geotechnical problems dependent on factors like
the type of soil, soil composition and mineralogy. Especially, the problems related to …

An eco-sustainable stabilization of clayey road subgrades by lignin treatment: An overview and a comparative experimental investigation

R Vaiana, C Oliviero Rossi, G Perri - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Subgrade conditions significantly affect functionality of the road pavement during its service
life. Among the different stabilization techniques for upgrading poorly performing in-situ soil …

[PDF][PDF] Improve geotechnical properties of soils using industrial wastes: a review

FQ Al-Naje, AH Abed, AJ Al-Taie - Civ. Eng. Beyond Limits, 2020 - academia.edu
The engineering problems of problematic soils are mainly related to their mechanical,
physical, and mineralogical properties. Extensive efforts have been directed to mitigate …

Evaluation of freezing-thawing cycles for foundation soil stabilization

AU Uzer - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 2016 - Springer
Freezing-thawing cycles in soils reduce considerably the foundation capacity of buildings
and infrastructure. In recent years, development of nontraditional stabilizers has created …

Evaluation of Shear Stress in Soils Stabilized with Biofuel Co-Products via Regression Analysis Methods

AU Uzer - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the employment of artificial neural networks (ANNs) has risen in various
engineering fields. ANNs have been applied to a range of geotechnical engineering …

Strength properties of expansive soil treated with sodium lignosulfonate

SP Singh, PS Palsule, G Anand - Problematic Soils and Geoenvironmental …, 2021 - Springer
In India, nearly 23% of land surface is covered with expansive soil. The problems associated
with such soils caused the tremendous cost to the project if proper geo-technical …