PROPERTY CHANGES INDUCED IN CLAY SOILS WHEN USING LIME STABILIZATION
Lime is being used increasingly to modify and stabilize soils for numerous engineering applications such AS Embankments, road subgrade and sub-base stabilization and foundations for small buildings. It is therefore important that engineers using this technique are aware of the nature of the changes imparted to soils by the addition of lime, and of the modifications which are brought about in the physical and mechanical properties of soils by lime treatment (soil strength, permeability, frost resistance and plasticity). This paper reviews the current state of knowledge regarding the way in which lime modifies the properties of soils, and reports on the observed changes on a Devonian red marl when mixed with lime and cured in different environments. The results of the work suggest that more effective stabilization may be achieved, even at normal ambient temperatures, by the use of further chemical additives in addition to lime. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Thomas Telford Limited
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Authors:
- Arabi, M
- Wild, S
- Publication Date: 1989-4
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 85-99
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Serial:
- MUNICIPAL ENGINEER
- Volume: 6
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
- ISSN: 0263-788X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Calcium oxide; Clay; Frost damage; Marl; Permeability; Plasticity; Properties of materials; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Soils; Strength of materials
- ITRD Terms: 4177: Clay; 5278: Frost damage; 4574: Lime; 4119: Marl; 5921: Permeability; 5922: Plasticity; 5925: Properties; 4156: Soil; 5755: Soil mechanics; 3689: Soil stabilization; 5544: Strength (mater)
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00493312
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM