Abstract
Soils exhibit generally undesirable engineering properties. Soil Stabilization is the alteration of soils to enhance their physical properties. Stabilization can increase the shear strength of a soil and/or control the shrink-swell properties of a soil, thus improving the load bearing capacity of a sub-grade to support pavements and foundations. Stabilization and its effect on soil indicate the reaction mechanism with additives, effect on its strength, improve and maintain soil moisture content and suggestion for construction systems. The main objective of this paper is to improve the physical and chemical properties of clay soil by using chemical additives like chloride compounds as NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2. Various proportions of NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 was mixed with soil and basic engineering properties such as specific gravity, liquid limit, compaction characteristics and consolidation parameters were determined. It has been observed that an addition of different percentages like 4%, 8% and 12% of chloride compounds into clayey soils increased the dry density and decreased the moisture content. The liquid limit, plastic limit and plasticity index decreased with the increase in chemical content. This appears due to the fact that addition of NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 filled up the voids between particles of soil as particle size of NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 is smaller than soil particles and can be easily replaced the voids. The compression index and swelling index was decreased with the increase in chloride compound percentage.
Highlights
Soil stabilization may be defined as the alteration or preservation of one or more soil properties to improve the engineering characteristics and performance of a soil
Soil stabilization refers to the procedure in which a special soil, cementing material, or other chemical materials are added to a natural soil to improve one or more of its properties
Many research have been done on the subject of soil stabilization using various additives, the most common methods of soil stabilization of clay soils in pavement work are cement and lime stabilization
Summary
Soil stabilization may be defined as the alteration or preservation of one or more soil properties to improve the engineering characteristics and performance of a soil. Soil stabilization refers to the procedure in which a special soil, cementing material, or other chemical materials are added to a natural soil to improve one or more of its properties. Soil stabilizing additives are used to improve the properties of less-desirable rood soils When used these stabilizing agents can improve and maintain soil moisture content, increase soil particle cohesion and serve as cementing and water proofing agents [2]. When the mechanical stability of a soil cannot be obtained by combining materials, it may be advisable to stabilize the soil by adding lime, cement, bituminous materials or special additives. Many research have been done on the subject of soil stabilization using various additives, the most common methods of soil stabilization of clay soils in pavement work are cement and lime stabilization. The study provides details of advantages and disadvantages of using chemicals above as soil stabilizer
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