FIELD STUDIES ON THE PULVERIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOIL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STABILIZED SOIL ROAD BASES

STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOIL WITH LIME HAS BEEN FOUND EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING THE ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS HAS LED TO THE INCREASING USE OF LIME-STABILIZED BLACK COTTON SOIL IN SUBBASES OR BASES OF ROAD PAVEMENT. A PROPERLY PULVERIZED SOIL IS, HOWEVER, A PREREQUISITE FOR SUCCESSFUL STABILIZATION OF SOIL. THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A NUMBER OF METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN TRIED IN THE FIELD TO ACHIEVE AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFECTIVE PULVERIZATION METHOD. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT AN ACCEPTABLE DEGREE OF PULVERIZATION CAN BE ATTAINED WHEN THE SOIL IS HANDLED MECHANICALLY AT A PARTICULAR MOISTURE RANGE BY USING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1970/315/315-003.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Lime and Lime-Fly Ash Stabilization. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Uppal, H L
  • Chadda, L R
  • DHAWAN, P K
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 29-35
• Monograph Title: Soil stabilization: multiple aspects
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 315
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Black cotton soils; Calcium oxide; Comminution; Soil stabilization; Subbase materials
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00232956
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 9 1970 12:00AM