Investigating the effectiveness of rice husk ash as stabilizing agent of expansive soil

• Main Authors: Adajar, Mary Ann Q., Aquino, Christian James P., dela Cruz, Joselito D., Martin, Clutch Patrick H., Urieta, Denzel Keith G.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Swelling soils; Rice hulls; Soil stabilization; Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/26; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=faculty_research
• Institution: De La Salle University

Expansive soils pose a significant threat to structures due to its ability to cause damage from the footing up to the superstructure. This paper intends to provide an economic and environment-friendly method of mitigating the swelling potential of expansive soil by replacing a set volume of expansiv...