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Petrographic, mechanical and chemical properties of sand resources in Lebanon, eastern mediterranean

Hamad, B. S. / Yassine, M. Y. / Khatib, H.

Abstract In a previous study, the results of extensive surveys and investigations covering 80 percent of the Lebanese territory to locate the major sand resources, were reported. Forty-one samples representing major operating sand quarries or sand excavation sites were located, described, and sampled. The research program reported in this paper was designed to evaluate the 41 sand samples based on petrographic analysis, mechanical and chemical acceptance tests, and results of tests conducted on fresh and hardened concrete samples identical except for the type of sand. Conclusions are presented concerning each sand source. In general, Lebanese sands were found to be fine, poorly graded, and rich with material finer than #200 sieve (0.075 mm). The gradation of the sands used was found to have the most significant effect on concrete compressive strength. Because of the scarcity of construction material resources, techniques are presented to improve the gradation of Lebanese sands and to clean them from excessive deleterious substances.

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Petrographic, mechanical and chemical properties of sand resources in Lebanon, eastern mediterranean

Hamad, B. S. / Yassine, M. Y. / Khatib, H.

Abstract In a previous study, the results of extensive surveys and investigations covering 80 percent of the Lebanese territory to locate the major sand resources, were reported. Forty-one samples representing major operating sand quarries or sand excavation sites were located, described, and sampled. The research program reported in this paper was designed to evaluate the 41 sand samples based on petrographic analysis, mechanical and chemical acceptance tests, and results of tests conducted on fresh and hardened concrete samples identical except for the type of sand. Conclusions are presented concerning each sand source. In general, Lebanese sands were found to be fine, poorly graded, and rich with material finer than #200 sieve (0.075 mm). The gradation of the sands used was found to have the most significant effect on concrete compressive strength. Because of the scarcity of construction material resources, techniques are presented to improve the gradation of Lebanese sands and to clean them from excessive deleterious substances.

Petrographic, mechanical and chemical properties of sand resources in Lebanon, eastern mediterranean

Hamad, B. S. / Yassine, M. Y. / Khatib, H.

Abstract In a previous study, the results of extensive surveys and investigations covering 80 percent of the Lebanese territory to locate the major sand resources, were reported. Forty-one samples representing major operating sand quarries or sand excavation sites were located, described, and sampled. The research program reported in this paper was designed to evaluate the 41 sand samples based on petrographic analysis, mechanical and chemical acceptance tests, and results of tests conducted on fresh and hardened concrete samples identical except for the type of sand. Conclusions are presented concerning each sand source. In general, Lebanese sands were found to be fine, poorly graded, and rich with material finer than #200 sieve (0.075 mm). The gradation of the sands used was found to have the most significant effect on concrete compressive strength. Because of the scarcity of construction material resources, techniques are presented to improve the gradation of Lebanese sands and to clean them from excessive deleterious substances.

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Title:

Petrographic, mechanical and chemical properties of sand resources in Lebanon, eastern mediterranean

Contributors:

Hamad, B. S. (author) / Yassine, M. Y. (author) / Khatib, H. (author)

Published in:

Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology - Bulletin de l'Association Internationale de Géologie de l'Ingénieur ; 22

Publication date:

1980

ISSN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600659

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

Keywords:

Sand Sample , Fineness Modulus , Void Content , Concrete Compressive Strength , Compressive Strength

Classification:

BKL: 38.58 Geomechanik / 56.20 Ingenieurgeologie, Bodenmechanik
Local classification TIB: 050/6545

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