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Kerman Clay Improvement by Lime and Bentonite to Be Used as Materials of Landfill Liner

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Kerman province, located in the south eastern Iran, is dominated with clays which can be used in different projects. The liner system within a landfill is constructed to control leachate migration and can be constructed by low permeable natural soils or plastic lining materials, environmentally however, natural materials is preferred that usually need to be amended in order to meet requirements recommended by environmental agencies. This research examines the possibility of using the Kerman collapsible clay as a liner layer material. A set of laboratory test was conducted on pure soil samples and additive treated samples. The moderate collapse potential of the used soil is decreased with wet compaction and under the effect of additive-soil reactions. Laboratory investigations showed that lime and bentonite treatment improved the hydraulic conductivity. The results revealed hydraulic conductivities on the order of 10−8 m/s. The obtained values met the 1.0E−07 m/s criterion required by Iranian standards. Unconfined compression tests were also performed on pure soil and additive amended samples. The unconfined compression strength values demonstrated gradual decreases with the addition of bentonite and considerable increases with adding lime such that with adding 1% lime the unconfined compression strength increased by 75%. This study verified that the Kerman collapsing clay can be used as a liner material using lime and bentonite as additives.

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    Alireza Firoozfar & Nasrin Khosroshiri

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Firoozfar, A., Khosroshiri, N. Kerman Clay Improvement by Lime and Bentonite to Be Used as Materials of Landfill Liner. Geotech Geol Eng 35, 559–571 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-016-0125-4

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