EFFECT OF LIME TREATMENT ON THE RESILIENT BEHAVIOR OF FINE-GRAINED SOILS

Lime treatment of fine-grained subgrade soils has definite potential for beneficially altering subgrades softening due to high moisture contents and freeze-thaw action. The effects of high moisture content and freeze-thaw cycles on the resilient response of a number of untreated and lime-treated soils are examined. A finite element procedure is used to evaluate the structural response of a flexible pavement on untreated and lime-treated subgrades. The analysis reveals that high moisture contents and freeze-thaw action in the subgrade have a detrimental effect on the magnitude of pavement response parameters and that lime treatment of the upper layer of the subgrade causes a substantial improvement in pavement response.

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• Authors:
  • Robnett, Quentin L
  • Thompson, Marshall R
• Conference:
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia
  • Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 11-20
• Monograph Title: Stabilization
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 560
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcium oxide; Fine grained soils; Finite element method; Flexible pavements; Freeze thaw durability; Material resilience; Moisture content; Pavement performance; Pavement subgrade; Soil stabilization; Soil water; Thaw
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeze thaw effects; Freezing thawing effects
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133996
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309024706
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 22 1977 12:00AM