In Situ Stabilization of Problematic Mixtures in a Failed Roadway Subbase
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 31, Issue 3
Abstract
An engineering failure with serious cracks and heaving in the roadway subbase because of the overuse of phosphogypsum was investigated, and an effective stabilization solution was implemented. For this purpose, mix-proportion design, compaction, expansion, and shrinkage tests were performed on the treated mixture to investigate the engineering properties. Based on the laboratory results, in situ tests were conducted to verify the engineering behaviors of the recycled subbase, which included the static plate load test (SPLT), dynamic cone penetrometer test (DCP), Benkleman beam method test (BBM), and portable falling-weight deflectometer test (PFWD). The test results show that the swelling problem can be controlled by adding lime and fly ash to the problematic mixture at a reasonable proportion. The in situ tests show that the average resilience modulus of the SPLT was 191.5 MPa, which is approximately four times the value before the treatment. The dynamic modulus of the DCP test and PFWD test also indicate an increase of approximately , and the deflection value of the BBM test was only 37.2 mm after the treatment. The in situ test results show that the recycled subbase can satisfy the roadway requirements and present a good performance. The proposed mix proportion of was applied in this problematic subbase. The construction control requirements are outlined in this paper. The treated roadway subbase has worked well for nearly 9 years, which indicates a successful application of in situ stabilization.
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Acknowledgments
This study is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51378118 and Grant No. 41272312), and the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2013M530360). The authors are grateful to Mr. Yuming Teng, Mr. Weiqiang Wang, Miss Yan Zhao, and Mr. Qianghua Zeng for their hard work and efforts in the field and laboratory tests, which are essential to the successful completion of this manuscript.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 31 • Issue 3 • June 2017
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Received: Apr 8, 2016
Accepted: Aug 30, 2016
Published online: Jan 23, 2017
Published in print: Jun 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jun 23, 2017
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