Low Cost Fly Ash, Sand Stabilized Roadway

Low Cost Fly Ash, Sand Stabilized Roadway
Author: S. J. Klassen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1986
Genre: Fly ash
ISBN:

Fly ash, a by-product of coal-fired electricity generating plants, has for years been promoted as a material suitable for highway construction. Disposal of the large quantities of fly ash produced is expensive and creates environmental concerns. The pozzolanic properties make it promotable as a partial Portland cement replacement in pc concrete, a stabilizer for soil and aggregate in embankments and road bases, and a filler material in grout. Stabilizing soils and aggregates for road construction has the potential of using large quantities of fly ash. Iowa Highway Research Board Project HR-194, "Mission-Oriented Dust Control and Surface Improvement Processes for Unpaved Roads", included short test sections of cement, fly ash, and salvaged granular road material mixed for a base in western Iowa. The research showed that cement fly ash aggregate (CFA) has promise as a stabilizing agent in Iowa. There are several sources of sand that when mixed with fly ash may attain strengths much greater than fly ash mixed with salvaged granular road material at little additional cost

Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers

Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers
Author: American Coal Ash Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2003
Genre: Coal
ISBN:

Coal fly ash is a coal combustion product that has numerous applications in highway construction. Since the first edition of "Fly Ash Facts for Highway Engineers" in 1986, the use of fly ash in highway construction has increased and new applications have been developed. This document provides basic technical information about the various uses of fly ash in highway construction that advances its use in ways that are technically sound, commercially competitive and environmentally safe.