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Photo 1. SEM observation of the Tokyo Bay A and B. Curing period of the Tokyo Bay A are 3 (1a) and 182 (1b) days, and curing period of the
Tokyo Bay B are 28 (2a) and 182 (2b) days.
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4 CONCLUSIONS
In this study the unconfined compression test, the BE test, and
observations of the internal structure using an SEM were
conducted on SGM specimens prepared with six different types
of source soil to examine how different source soils would
impact the strength development of SGM. The findings are
summarized as follows:
The authors thank Prof. Satoru Shibuya, Kobe University, Japan
and Prof. Satoshi Yamashita, Kitami Institute of Technology,
Japan for help to prepare the soil samples.
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