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Soil Compaction And Stabilization
Soil compaction and stabilization are two important factors when it comes to construction projects. Compacted soil is less prone to erosion, while stabilized soils have improved strength characteristics that can provide better support for structures.
Blending and mixing heterogeneous soils produce more homogeneous soils. Blending could be done either in the borrow pit with the use of a power shovel or at project site with the use of a disk harrow or a graded.
Lime is added to the soil such as clays and silty clays will rapidly cause cation exchange and flocculation/agglomeration, provided it is intimately mixed with the soil. The clay type soil will behave much more like a silt-type soil. The observed effect in the field is of drying action that can be realized in a few days.
When asphalts, such as an emulsion or cutback, are mixed with granular soil, this treatment will produce a much more durable sand stable soil.
Mixing portland cement with soil is an effective method of strengthening certain soils which are granular and with only minor amounts of clay particles. Portland cement is distributed uniformly over the surface of the soil, then mixing it into the soil, preferably with a pulverizer-type machine, to the specified depth, following by fine grading and compaction and also sprinkling of water.
A widely used method for soil strengthening for use as a subgrade under a pavement structure.
Compaction Is Attained By Applying Energy To A Soil By One Or More Of The Following Methods.
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