Porosity-Cement Ratio Controlling Strength of Artificially Cemented Clays
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 23, Issue 8
Abstract
There exists an effort to develop dosage methodologies for cement improved soils based on a rational criterion, as in concrete technology, in which the water to cement ratio plays an essential role in strength determination. This study aims to assess the strength controlling parameters of two clays with distinct coarse grained materials (silty clay and sandy clay) treated with cement and to show that the porosity/cement ratio plays a fundamental role in target strength assessment of clayey materials. The controlling parameters evaluated were the cement content, porosity, and porosity/cement ratio. A number of unconfined compression tests and suction measurements were performed for the present work. The results show that a linear function better fits the unconfined compressive strength-cement relationship. The strength increased exponentially with the reduction in porosity for the studied soil-cement mixtures. Finally, the porosity/cement ratio is shown to be a key parameter in an evaluation of the unconfined compressive strength of the clayey soils studied.
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Acknowledgments
The writers wish to express their gratitude to Brazilian Research Council CNPq/MCT (projects Produtividade em Pesquisa, Edital Universal, PNPD, and INCT-Reageo) and to the Brazilian Electrical Energy Agency ANEEL (project P&D UNSPECIFIED0089-036/2006—UNSPECIFIEDCEEE-GT/9936455) for their financial support to the research group.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 23 • Issue 8 • August 2011
Pages: 1249 - 1254
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Apr 14, 2010
Accepted: Jan 26, 2011
Published online: Jan 28, 2011
Published in print: Aug 1, 2011
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