USE OF LATERITIC SOILS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN NORTH DAHOMEY

DUE TO THE DETERIORATION OF THE PARAKOU-MALANVILLE HIGHWAY, THE PREPARATION OF A REHABILITATION PROGRAMME WAS NECESSARY. THE RELATED GEOTECHNICAL EXPLORATION PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF THE ENCOUNTERED LATERITIC SOILS. THE MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS PROVED THAT THE LATERITIC OVERBURDEN ORIGINATES FROM THE LOCAL ROCKS. HOWEVER, THE ANALYSES ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SOILS CAN ONLY BE IDENTIFIED AS LATERITIC BY VIRTUE OF THEIR HEMATITE CONTENT. THE SOILS WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE AASHO- SYSTEM AND THEIR GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES WERE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. THE RESULTS REVEALED THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE AVAILABLE SOILS WAS UNSUITABLE FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION DUE TO THEIR HIGH PLASTICITY. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEM, CEMENT STABILIZATION WAS SUGGESTED. THE LABORATORY TESTS RESULTED IN AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE SOLUTION. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Simon, A B
  • Giesecke, J
  • Bidlo, G
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 197-218
• Serial:
  • ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0013-7952

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; California bearing ratio; Cement; Density; Geophysics; Gravel; Laterites; Mineralogy; Physical properties; Plasticity; Road construction; Sieve analysis; Soil stabilization; Soil types; Soils; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hematite; Soil classification
• Geographic Terms: Africa; Dahomey
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil plasticity
• ITRD Terms: 8001: Africa; 3085: Bearing capacity; 3087: California bearing ratio; 4758: Cement; 8135: Dahomey; 5908: Density; 4575: Gravel; 4138: Laterite; 5185: Sieving (mater); 4156: Soil; 3689: Soil stabilization; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081346
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1975 12:00AM