Cementitiously stabilized soils or soil-cement is a commonly used solution for highway subbase and base course construction, particularly in regions where higher quality soils and aggregates are limited. Even though the utilization of soil-cement as an engineered material has been around for over 70 years, there is still room for advancement with respect to characterizing the performance of these mixtures both in the laboratory and in the field. The first objective of this thesis was to examine the Mississippi Department of Transportation soil-cement database to determine current soil-cement practices in Mississippi. The second objective of this thesis was to develop thermal measurement techniques to characterize compacted cementitiously stabilized soils. Over 800 compacted specimens were prepared and tested to investigate the feasibility and usefulness of performing thermal measurements on soil-cement mixtures.

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Submitted by Johnny Rodrigues (johnnyrodrigues@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-10-02T15:37:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ADEMIR MONTES FERREIRA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGECA 1980..pdf: 16537187 bytes, checksum: 2bde2139eea0b3c23fb1f2cb6809002e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-02T15:37:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ADEMIR MONTES FERREIRA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGECA 1980..pdf: 16537187 bytes, checksum: 2bde2139eea0b3c23fb1f2cb6809002e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1980-09 / A falta de uma metodologia apropriada para o dimensionamento e ensaios de laboratório para condições locais representa a maior dificuldade para o emprego eficiente de sistemas solo-emulsão asfáltica na construção de pavimentos flexíveis. Esta investigação apresenta os resultados de um estudo de uma metodologia de cura acelerada. 0 processo de cura utilizado, secagem das amostras a 60°C durante 24h, mostrou-se plenamente satisfatório podendo ser utilizado no laboratório. As variáveis investigadas foram teor de umidade de compactação e quantidade de emulsão asfáltica catiônica Estas variáveis foram estabelecidas através da medida das seguintes propriedades: peso unitário, absorção, resistência à compressão simples e resistência ã tensão de tração indireta. trabalho mostra que o teor ótimo de umidade para máxima massa especifica aparente seca foi muito aproximada do teor ótimo de umidade para máxima resistência. E também mostrado que a porcentagem ótima de emulsão asfáltica pode ser determinada usando-se somente o critério da resistência máxima, pois os valores de absorção foram muito pequenos para os casos estudados, sendo inferiores aos máximos comumente utj_lizados por outros investigadores. / Lack of appropriate testing procedures and design methods for local conditions are still the main drawbacks for the efficient utilization of soi1-asphaltic emulsion systems inflexible pavement construction. This investigationpresents the results of an study in which an accelerated testing procedure was deveioped and used. Three soils from the region north east were selected as representative of the local variations and used for the study. The variables investigated were compaction moisture content and quantity of cationic asphaltic emulsion.These variables were assessed by measuring the following selected engineering properties. Unit weight, absorption, unconfined compressive strenght and indirect tensile strength. The study shows that the optimum moisture content for maximum dry unit weight approximates very closely the optimum moisture content for maximum strength, it also shows that the optimum percentage of asphaltic emulsion may be determined using only the criterium of maximum strength since the values of absorption were in very case very small and far below of the maximumvalues commonly used by other investigators.

This diploma thesis deals with the issue of the effect of freezing on soils in subgrades of road structures. The theoretical part compares methods of determining the frost susceptibility of soils used in selected countries of the European Union and the Czech Republic. It also explains the principle of frost heave in subgrade layers. The aim of the practical part is to compare the direct and indirect method of determining frost susceptibility in the Czech Republic and the California bearing ration CBR or the immediate bearing ratio IBI.