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Geomechanics and Engineering
  Volume 30, Number 5, September10 2022 , pages 461-469
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2022.30.5.461
 


Evaluation of high plasticity clay stabilization methods for resisting the environmental changes
Talal Taleb and Yesim S. Unsever

 
Abstract
    One of the most important factors that should be considered for using any ground improvement technique is the stability of stabilized soil and the durability of the provided solution for getting the required engineering properties. Generally, most of the earth structures that are constructed on clayey soils are exposing movements due to the long periods of drying or wetting cycles. Over time, environmental changes may result in swells or settlements for these structures. In order to mitigate this problem, this research has been performed on mixtures of high plasticity clay with traditional additives such as lime, cement and non-traditional additives such as polypropylene fiber. The purpose of the research is to assess the most appropriate ground improvement technique by using commercially available additives for resisting the developed desiccation cracks during the drying process and resisting the volume changes that may result during wet/dry cycles as an attempt to simulate the changes of environmental conditions. The results show that the fiber-reinforced samples have the lowest volumetric deformation in comparision with cement and lime stabilized samples, and the optimum fiber content is identified as 0.38%. In addition, the desiccation cracks were not visible on the samples' surface for both unreinforced and chemically stabilized samples. Regarding cracks resistance resulting from the desiccation process, it is observed, that the resistance is connected with the fiber content and increases with the increase of the fiber inclusion, and the optimum content is between 1% and 1.5%.
 
Key Words
    desiccation test; dry/wet cycle test; environmental changes; fiber-reinforcement; soil stabilization
 
Address
Talal Taleb and Yesim S. Unsever: Department of Civil Engineering, Bursa Uludağ University, 16059 Bursa, Türkiye
 

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