IMPROVEMENT OF CLAY SOILS’ WATER-RESISTANCE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31713/budres.v0i41.031Abstract
Thearticlepresentstheresultsofexperimentalstudiesofthefiltrationpropertiesofclaysoilbyfixingthemwithmineralbinder.
Theinfluenceofmineralbindersonthefiltrationpropertiesofclaysoilshasbeenexperimentallyinvestigatedandestablished. Thereis a significantdifferencebetweenthefiltrationcoefficientofloosesoilsandthosefixedwithmineralbinder.
Improvement of these soils’thewaterresistancerequires a seriesofsequentialtechnologicaloperations, includinggrindingclaysoil, mixingitwithbinders, moisteningtooptimummoistureandcompactiontothemaximumdensityofthemixture, whichprovidesoptimaleffectonthesoilbindersandgivesithighhydrogencontent. notonlyinthedrybutalsointhe water-saturatedstate.
Improvingthewaterresistanceofthesesoilswillallowthemtobeusedas anti-filtrationmaterials, protectivescreens, structurallayersofpavement, etc.