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Geotechnical parameters modelling and the radiation safety of expansive clayey soil treated with waste marble powder: a case study at west Gulf of Suez, Egypt

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The present paper aims to reduce and detect the environmental impact of radioelement concentrations and waste marble powder (WMP) in the surrounding environment and additionally, improve the characteristics of the expansive soil and investigate the effect of stabilizers on the swelling soil to use a foundation layer. Different geotechnical laboratory tests have been performed on representative clay samples to define the physical and mechanical characteristics. The results indicate that the swelling pressure and swelling potential are reduced from (805.7 to 576 kN/m2) and (15.78 to 7.11%), respectively. The plasticity index decreased from 35.9% (high plasticity) to 19.4% (low plasticity), and the free swell index becomes zero by adding waste marble powder. Geospatial techniques have also been used to produce the distributions layers of different geotechnical characteristics and radioelements’ concentrations. These layers were integrated to produce a geospatial model. This model showed a noticeable improvement in the properties of clayey soils after the use of waste marble powder, which ranged from low expansion to high expansion. The radioelement concentrations of all samples are below an acceptable limit, except that the concentration of 40K is greater than the acceptable limit. This study recommends a 40% replacement of WMP. This amount is suitable and economical for this kind of treatment because of its positive solutions to protect the environment from pollution and reduce the cost of construction.

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  1. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed A. H. Sakr & Ahmed M. Saad

  2. GeologyDepartment, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo, Egypt

    Ali E. Omar

  3. Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam

    Hossein Moayedi

  4. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam

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Sakr, M.A.H., Omar, A.E., Saad, A.M. et al. Geotechnical parameters modelling and the radiation safety of expansive clayey soil treated with waste marble powder: a case study at west Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Environ Earth Sci 80, 263 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09573-y

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