Excavated rock and soil from tunnelling (ERST), fly ash (FA), and slag are one of the largest sources of solid waste and play an important role in reducing dependence on natural resources and solving the problem of solid waste accumulation. This study verifies the feasibility of highperformance ecological geopolymer concrete (HPEGC) incorporating ERST, FA and slag for engineering applications. The effects of different binding material to machine-made sand ratio (BMMSR) and SN/FS (the total mass of sodium silicate and NaOH solids to the total mass of the powdered raw material) on the slump, compressive strength, tensile strength, drying shrinkage, salt corrosion resistance of concrete and the microstructural deterioration process before and after salt corrosion were analysed by indoor tests and microscopic tests. The results showed that the hydration products generated at SN/FS of 10, 12, and 15 % could effectively fill the pores of HPEGC and improve the pore structure and interfacial properties of HPEGC by microminiaturisation of the pore size. HPEGC formed a dense three-dimensional reticulated polysilicaaluminate-like structure due to the coexistence of C-S-H gel, C-A-S-H gel, N-A-S-H amorphous gel, and Na2Al2Si3O10. 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 . HPEGC with SN/FS of 12 % and BMMSR of 0.36 showed 29.5 % and 18.9 % improvement in compressive and tensile strengths, better resistance to sulfate attack, and 4.5 % and 45 % reduction in economic cost and GHG emission, respectively, compared with ordinary Portland cement concrete (OPCC). The results of the study proved that the engineering application of HPEGC incorporating ERST, FA and slag as raw materials is promising, providing new solutions for global underground excavation materials and industrial solid waste, and effectively promoting the sustainable development of the construction industry.
In order to realize the resource utilization of solid waste and improve the tensile strength and toughness of soil, CCR-GGBS-FA all-solid-waste binder (CGF) composed of general industrial solid waste calcium carbide residue (CCR), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and fly ash (FA) was used instead of cement and combined with polypropylene fiber to strengthen the silty soil taken from Dongying City, China. An unconfined compressive strength test (UCS test) and a uniaxial tensile test (UT test) were carried out on 10 groups of samples with five different fiber contents to uncover the effect of fiber content on tensile and compressive properties, and the reinforcement mechanism was studied using a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) test. The test results show that the unconfined compressive strength, the uniaxial tensile strength, the deformation modulus, the tensile modulus, the fracture energy and the residual strength of fiber-reinforced CGF-solidified soil are significantly improved compared with nonfiber-solidified soil. The compressive strength and the tensile strength of polypropylene-fiber-reinforced CGF-solidified soil reach the maximum value when the fiber content is 0.25%, as the unconfined compressive strength and the tensile strength are 3985.7 kPa and 905.9 kPa, respectively, which are 116.60% and 186.16% higher than those of nonfiber-solidified soil, respectively. The macro-micro tests identify that the hydration products generated by CGF improve the compactness through gelling and filling in solidified soil, and the fiber enhances the resistance to deformation by bridging and forming a three-dimensional network structure. The addition of fiber effectively improves the toughness and stiffness of solidified soil and makes the failure mode of CGF-solidified soil transition from typical brittle failure to plastic failure. The research results can provide a theoretical basis for the application of fiber-reinforced CGF-solidified soil in practical engineering.