SOIL - CEMENT BASES

A detailed description is given of tests devised to determine the effect of excess moisture and mixing time on the resilience of soil-cement for base construction. A standard triaxial machine and other common laboratory equipment were used in the tests. Experimental results showing that properly drained soil-cement bases, designed to Obi's minimum critical strength and limiting resilience, attain a saturation moisture content that is non-critical as far as resilient deformation is concerned, are related. Results which indicate that increasing the mixing time of the soil-cement reduces the resilient deformation are also given. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Obi, BCA
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 4-7
• Serial:
  • Highways and Road Construction
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 1781

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cement; Deformation; Developing countries; Material resilience; Mechanical elasticity; Mixers; Mixing; Moisture content; Pavement base course; Percent saturation; Soil cement; Soil stabilization; Strength of materials; Tests; Time; Triaxial shear tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Triaxial testing machine
• Old TRIS Terms: Bases; Mixing time
• ITRD Terms: 4758: Cement; 5595: Deformation; 5907: Degree of saturation (mater); 150: Developing countries; 5912: Elasticity; 3649: Mixer; 5920: Moisture content; 2961: Roadbase; 3689: Soil stabilization; 5544: Strength (mater); 6255: Test; 5414: Time
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097340
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM