The advantage of virgin soil in rural service road constructions

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Michał Ćwiąkała

m.cwiakala@iit.edu.pl

Andrzej Greinert

A.Greinert@iis.uz.zgora.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-2082
Joanna Korzeniowska

j.korzeniowska@iit.edu.pl

Paweł Tarasewicz

p.tarasewicz@wapeco.eu

Abstract

Virgin soils as a result of geotechnical processes are element of road’s solid bottom. The bottom ought to have enough capacity and durability which is provided by proper virgin sub-grade’s enhancement. The sub-grade is road’s base course right bottom. It is possible to improve virgin soil’s parameters by road’s hydraulic binding agent. The agent is a mineral frame’s micro-particle extender or enhancement. The researches were focused to define main soil-cement compound’s mechanical parameter called CBR. Compounds consisted of rural virgin soils (five grain-size types) and two hydraulic agent types (endurance rates 3 MPa and 9 MPa). Hydraulic agent’s main component was activated fly ash and white cement (CEM I 42,5 MPa). The ash is from Pątnów Power Plant and is a result of brown coal burning. The researches answered that it is possible to exploit virgin soils in rural service road’s construction thanks to innovative road cements with binding qualities.

Keywords:

virgin soil enhancement, service roads, fly ashes, soil-cement compounds, soil’s capacity

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Ćwiąkała, M. (2013) “The advantage of virgin soil in rural service road constructions”, Budownictwo i Architektura / Civil and Architectural Engineering, 12(3), pp. 129–136. doi: 10.35784/bud-arch.2009.