National Institute of Transportation

Soil and Ground Improvement

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Research Coverage:

  • Chemical Soil Improvement
  • Physical Improvement
  • Sustainable Improvement
  • Byproduct Improvement

Relevant Research Publications:

  • Khan K, Khalid U, Rehman Z, Ijaz N, Iqbal M J. Macro and micro evaluation of the effect of mellowing time on the mechanical properties of expansive clay stabilized with Class F fly ash-based geopolymer. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2024. (Accepted)
  • Ijaz N, YE W-M, Qiong W, Chen Y, Rehman Z, Khalid U. A Hydraulic Binder for Reconstituted Compacted Clay under Wet-Dry Cycles: Low Carbon Limestone Calcined Clay Cement. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.11.034
  • Khalid U, Rehman Z, Ullah I, Khan K, Kayani W I. Efficacy of geopolymerization for integrated bagasse ash and quarry dust in comparison to fly ash as an admixture: A comparative study. Journal of Engineering Research, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jer.2023.08.010
  • Junaid M F, Rehman Z, Ijaz N, Farooq R, Khalid U, Ijaz Z. Performance evaluation of cement-based composites containing phase change materials from energy management and construction standpoints. Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 416: 135108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135108
  • Shah M M, Yousaf J, Khalid U, Li H, Yee J-J, Naqvi S A Z. Plastic roads: asphalt mix design and performance. Discover Applied Sciences, 2024, 6: 195, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-024-05772-x
  • Sattar O, Khalid U, Rehman Z, Kayani W I, Haider A. Impact of crushing shape and geopolymerization on reclaimed concrete aggregate for recycling in the flexible pavement: an enhanced circular economy solution. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2023, 25(9): 1910–1932. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2023.2287711
  • Ullah I, Khalid U, Rehman Z, Shah M M, Khan I. Integrated recycling of geopolymerized quarry dust and bagasse ash with facemasks for the balanced amelioration of the fat clay: a multi-waste solution. Environmental Earth Science, 2023, 82: 516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11219-0
  • Khalid U, Rehman Z, Ijaz N, Khan I, Junaid M F, Integrating wheat straw and silica fume as a balanced mechanical ameliorator for expansive soil: a novel agri-industrial waste solution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30: 73570-73589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27538-5
  • Hamza M, Farooq K, Rehman Z, Mujtaba H, Khalid U. Utilization of eggshell food waste to mitigate geotechnical vulnerabilities of fat clay: a micro-macro-investigation. Environmental Earth Science, 2023, 82: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10921-3
  • Rehman Z, Junaid M F, Ijaz N, Khalid U, Ijaz Z. Remediation methods of heavy metal contaminated soils from environmental and geotechnical standpoints. Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 867: 161468. Science of the Total Environment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161468
  • Shah M M, Mujtaba H, Khalid U, Farooq K, Rehman Z. Experimental Study on Sustainable Utilization of CKD for Improvement of Collapsible Soil. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2023, 48: 5667-4682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-07565-z
  • Mujtaba H, Khalid U, Rehman Z U, Farooq K. Recycling of reclaimed subbase materials in flexible pavement design. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2022, 23(12): 2713-2732. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2021.1995470
  • Rehman Z, Khalid U. Optimization of COVID‑19 face mask waste fibers and silica fume as a balanced mechanical ameliorator of fat clay using response surface methodology. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 29: 17001-17016. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16912-w
  • Ahmed A., Shah S.K.H.*, Ahmad N., Ali U., Malik A.A., Iqbal M.J. (2024) “Feasibility of Utilizing Recycled Concrete Aggregate Blended with Waste Tire Rubber and Drywall Waste as Pavement Subbase Material”. Journal of Waste Management and Material Cycling, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-024-01967-x
  • Malik A.A., Owen H.L., Shah S.K.H., Ali U. (2024) Numerical Simulation of Triaxial Tests on Recycled Concrete Aggregates, 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotecnics,20-22 Nov. 2024, Sydney Australia DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8229-1_22
  • Shah S.K.H. (2022), “Particle breakage and deformation behavior of recycled concrete aggregates”. 4th International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research (ACEER) 2022, China.

 

                                         Our Research Team

Dr. Usama Khalid

Dr. Syed Kamran Hussain