Recently, chemical soil stabilizations are actively adopted for the improvement of the soft ground on which the road and the foundation for offshore structures will be constructed. The industrial by-products such as gypsum, coal ashes, blastfurnace slag and basic oxygen furnace slag can be used effectively for the soil stabilization. In this paper, the characteristics of soil stabilizations with various industrial by-products are discussed from the viewpoints of the types of reaction products which are responsible for the development of strength in the stabilized soils.
Expansive concrete was applied as a measure to prevent further crack damage in the highway bridge reinforced concrete deck slabs of the Tarami Bridge along the Nagasaki Expressway. Strain, drying shrinkage, and condition of crack production of the concrete deck slabs were investigated over two years and a half. Results are summarized here. Consequentially, it was confirmed that expansive concrete deck slabs crack less than those of normal concrete and that the important causes of crack was the restraint of main girder against the deck slabs warping originated from the temperature change and the drying shrinkage.