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Strength and Durability of Cement-Treated Lateritic Soil

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  • Norshakila Abdul Wahab

    (Department of Geotechnics and Transpiration, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia)

  • Mohammad Jawed Roshan

    (Department of Geotechnics and Transpiration, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia
    Faculty of Transportation Engineering, Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul 1001, Afghanistan)

  • Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid

    (Department of Geotechnics and Transpiration, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia
    Centre of Tropical Geoengineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia)

  • Muhammad Azril Hezmi

    (Department of Geotechnics and Transpiration, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia)

  • Siti Norafida Jusoh

    (Department of Geotechnics and Transpiration, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia)

  • Nik Daud Nik Norsyahariati

    (Department of Civil Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

  • Sakina Tamassoki

    (Faculty of Transportation Engineering, Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul 1001, Afghanistan
    Department of Civil Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia)

Abstract

The transportation infrastructure, including low-volume roads in some regions, needs to be constructed on weak ground, implying the necessity of soil stabilization. Untreated and cement-treated lateritic soil for low-volume road suitability were studied based on Malaysian standards. A series of unconfined compressive strength (UCS) tests was performed for four cement doses (3%, 6%, 9%, 12%) for different curing times. According to Malaysian standards, the study suggested 6% cement and 7 days curing time as the optimum cement dosage and curing time, respectively, based on their 0.8 MPa UCS values. The durability test indicated that the specimens treated with 3% cement collapsed directly upon soaking in water. Although the UCS of 6% cement-treated specimens decreased against wetting–drying (WD) cycles, the minimum threshold based on Malaysian standards was still maintained against 15 WD cycles. On the contrary, the durability of specimens treated with 9% and 12% cement represented a UCS increase against WD cycles. FESEM results indicated the formation of calcium aluminate hydrate (CAH), calcium silicate hydrate (CSH), and calcium aluminosilicate hydrate (CASH) as well as shrinking of pore size when untreated soil was mixed with cement. The formation of gels (CAH, CSH, CASH) and decreasing pore size could be clarified by EDX results in which the increase in cement content increased calcium.

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  • Norshakila Abdul Wahab & Mohammad Jawed Roshan & Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid & Muhammad Azril Hezmi & Siti Norafida Jusoh & Nik Daud Nik Norsyahariati & Sakina Tamassoki, 2021. "Strength and Durability of Cement-Treated Lateritic Soil," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-23, June.
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