Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials

About 25 million tonnes of bauxite residue (BR) from alumina refining are generated in Australia each year. Managing this residue is costly, and the reuse of coarse BRs is becoming an increasingly attractive and sustainable solution to the problem. Using coarse BR in road construction has the potent...

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Main Authors: Jitsangiam, Peerapong, Nikraz, Hamid
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36248
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author Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Nikraz, Hamid
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description About 25 million tonnes of bauxite residue (BR) from alumina refining are generated in Australia each year. Managing this residue is costly, and the reuse of coarse BRs is becoming an increasingly attractive and sustainable solution to the problem. Using coarse BR in road construction has the potential for large volume reuse. This study investigated whether coarse BR is a viable road base material in Western Australia. A pozzolanic-stabilised mixture was created to improve the properties ofthe residue to satisfy the minimum requirements for road base. Laboratory tests for resilient modulus and permanent deformation were then carried out. Comparisons were made between the stabilised residue and conventional road base material used in Western Australia. The performance of the stabilised residue was superior to that of the conventional material, which can provide improved performance when used as road base material in Western Australia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-362482017-09-13T16:07:20Z Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid fly ash bauxite residue resilient modulus permanent deformation pozzolanic-stabilised mixture road base About 25 million tonnes of bauxite residue (BR) from alumina refining are generated in Australia each year. Managing this residue is costly, and the reuse of coarse BRs is becoming an increasingly attractive and sustainable solution to the problem. Using coarse BR in road construction has the potential for large volume reuse. This study investigated whether coarse BR is a viable road base material in Western Australia. A pozzolanic-stabilised mixture was created to improve the properties ofthe residue to satisfy the minimum requirements for road base. Laboratory tests for resilient modulus and permanent deformation were then carried out. Comparisons were made between the stabilised residue and conventional road base material used in Western Australia. The performance of the stabilised residue was superior to that of the conventional material, which can provide improved performance when used as road base material in Western Australia. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36248 10.1080/10298436.2012.705843 Taylor & Francis fulltext
spellingShingle fly ash
bauxite residue
resilient modulus
permanent deformation
pozzolanic-stabilised mixture
road base
Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Nikraz, Hamid
Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials
title Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials
title_full Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials
title_fullStr Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials
title_full_unstemmed Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials
title_short Coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials
title_sort coarse bauxite residue for roadway construction materials
topic fly ash
bauxite residue
resilient modulus
permanent deformation
pozzolanic-stabilised mixture
road base
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36248