Effect of Flax By-Products on the Mechanical and Cracking Behaviors of Expansive Soil
Georgy Lazorenko, Anton Kasprzhitskii, Vasilii Mischinenko, Alexandr Fedotov, Ekaterina Kravchenko · 2024
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Description
Georgy Lazorenko and four co-authors tested flax waste as a soil strengthener in a 2024 paper. Expansive soils swell and shrink as their moisture changes, which cracks roads and foundations. Usual fixes are costly and hard on the environment, so the team tried fibers left over from flax processing.
Mixed into clay soil, the flax tow raised strength by up to 29 percent at a dose of 0.6 percent. Cracking fell sharply at a slightly lower dose. Adding more fiber backfired, because the fibers clumped and gripped the soil less well. The authors present flax waste as a cheap, green way to steady problem soils.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Georgy Lazorenko, Anton Kasprzhitskii, Vasilii Mischinenko, Alexandr Fedotov, Ekaterina Kravchenko |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |