Influences of the geotechnical characteristics on the durability and tensile strength of soil with additives- A review

Abstract

Expansive soils exhibit problems in the foundations of the structures during loading and unloading, but by overcoming these problems, the soil is stabilized with additives in the proper percentages. Later on, the stabilized soil was affected and showed more problems with weather conditions subjected to durability characteristics such as freeze, thawing, wetting, drying, sorptivity, and diffusivity. This paper deals with the previous studies on the influence of the geotechnical properties on durability and the tensile strength of the soils with additives. The geotechnical properties, mainly of index and engineering, varied with durability. This paper also explains the previous methodologies like freeze–thaw cycles, wetting–drying cycles, sorptivity-diffusivity, and tensile strength with stabilizing agents. The durability characteristics changed due to drastic variations in temperatures and affected more of the soil.