The geotechnical properties of lateritic and non-lateritic soils of southeastern Nigeria and their evaluation for road construction

1986 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. Akpokodje
Keyword(s):  
Road Construction ◽  
Geotechnical Properties ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Lateritic Soils

Use of lateritic soils for road construction in North Dahomey

1973 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.B. Simon ◽  
J. Giesecke ◽  
G. Bidlo
Keyword(s):  
Road Construction ◽  
Lateritic Soils

An Experimental Study on Compaction Behavior Of Lateritic Soils Treated with Quarry Dust Based Geopolymer Cement

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-119
Author(s):  
Kennedy Chibuzor Onyelowe ◽  
Duc Bui Van ◽  
Mohammed Oludare Idrees ◽  
Michael E. Onyia ◽  
Lam Dao-Phuc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Stabilization ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Engineering Properties ◽  
Dry Density ◽  
Lateritic Soils ◽  
Granulated Blast Furnace Slag ◽  
Geopolymer Cement ◽  
Strict Requirement ◽  
Quarry Dust

Due to the scarcity of well-graded gravel materials, lateritic soils are widely used for road construction in tropic areas. However, lateritic soils often do not meet the strict requirement for subgrade and need to be improved to be used as construction material. Among several approaches used to enhance the engineering properties of lateritic soils, the use of industrial waste materials, such as fly ash, granulated blast furnace slag, is of particular interest to the construction industry as a potential replacement material for Portland cement in soil stabilization. Meanwhile, some effort has been made to study the use of quarry dust in stabilizing lateritic soils. The present work aims at assessing the compaction characteristics of three different types of lateritic soils, treated with quarry dust based geopolymer cement. A systematic study by varying the proportion of geopolymer cement was carried out. Test results show that the soil dry density substantially increased while the corresponding optimal moisture content decreased with the amount of geopolymer cement under varying compactive effort.

scholarly journals Review of the use of nanomaterials in soils for construction of roads

Respuestas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-223
Author(s):  
Jhon Fredy Rincón-Morantes ◽  
Oscar Javier Reyes-Ortiz ◽  
Juan Carlos Ruge-Cárdenas
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Geotechnical Properties ◽  
Nano Materials ◽  
Different Types

Nano materials are becoming more and more relevant in the construction of civil works, since they can be used as additions or additives to improve and stabilize asphalt concretes, hydraulic concretes, fine soils at the level of subgrade, sub-bases, bases and even for filters in water treatment. The present article intends to collect the different experiences in the use of nano materials, in order to stabilize or improve the mechanical and geotechnical properties of soils used in road construction, especially what has to do with the manufacture of nano fibers for use in soils; finding that its use in the field of roads is to be investigated and developed with different types of solutions, as the most studied are the carbon nano fibers

scholarly journals Geotechnical Properties of Lateritic Soil Stabilized with Ground-Nut Husk Ash

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 568-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emeka Segun Nnochiri ◽  
Olumide Moses Ogundipe
Keyword(s):  
Soil Sample ◽  
Unconfined Compressive Strength ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Optimum Moisture Content ◽  
Geotechnical Properties ◽  
Lateritic Soil ◽  
Natural Soil ◽  
Dry Density ◽  
Engineering Property ◽  
Maximum Dry Density

This study assesses the geotechnical properties of lateritic soil stabilized with Ground-nut Husk Ash. Preliminary tests were carried out on the natural soil sample for identification and classification purposes, while consistency limits tests were thereafter carried out as well. Engineering property tests such as California Bearing Ratio (CBR), Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) and compaction tests were performed on both the natural soil sample and the stabilized lateritic soil, which was stabilized by adding Ground-nut Husk Ash, GHA, in percentages of 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 by weight of the soil.  The results showed that the addition of GHA enhanced the strength of the soil sample. The Maximum Dry Density (MDD) reduced from 1960 kg/m3 to 1760 kg/m3 at 10% GHA by weight of soil. The Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) increased from 12.70% to 14.95%, also at 10% GHA by weight of soil. The unsoaked CBR values increased from 24.42% to 72.88% finally, the UCS values increased from 510.25 kN/m2 to 1186.46 kN/m2, for both CBR and UCS, the values were at 10% GHA by weight of soil. It was therefore concluded that GHA performs satisfactorily as a cheap stabilizing agent for stabilizing lateritic soil especially for subgrade and sub base purposes in road construction.

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