Lime, cement, and lime-cement stabilization of a clay soil

The main purpose behind this thesis was to study the variations of strength in a soil after it had been stabilized with various percentages of lime, cement, and combinations of the two. In both cases where the additives were added separately to the soil, the percentages used were 5 and 10 per cent by dry weight of soil. In the additive combination study, lime-cement percentage additions were 2-3, 3-2, 4-6, and 6-4 by dry weight of soil. The first two percentages, when added together, amount to 5 per cent stabilizing agent, while the latter two total 10 per cent. Since these two totals were the same as those used in the separate lime and cement studies, an analysis of strength changes when lime, cement, and lime-cement combinations were added to the soil could be made. Strength studies which were made consisted of unconfined compression immediately after compaction and after a four-day curing period in a 100 per cent humidity curing room. Atterberg limit tests were also run at the various percentages of additive. The laboratory test results indicate: 1. For cured specimens containing a stabilizing agent, the greatest four-day strengths will occur at or above OMC, in most cases. This may not always be true in the case of cement, since moisture condition is not as significant in cement stabilization as it is in other types. 2. Control of moisture at or near OMC during field compaction appears to be much more important in lime stabilization than in cement stabilization if maximum strengths are to develop. This statement is supported by a statistical analysis which was performed on the strength data. 3. The variation of' the lime-cement percentage trom 6-4 to 4-6 has no effect on four-day cured strengths.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Civil Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1962

Author dc:creator

• Broberg, Richard Frederick

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101448

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/101448