Research Article

Laboratory Characterization and Influence of Mineralogy and Grading on the Performance of Treated and Untreated Granular Materials Used as Surface Pavements in Unpaved Road

Table 4

Relative results for basalt for the 3 different gradings.

Grading: 4.1%/6.4%/8.2% (% of 80  m or less)

ProductDosage (L/m², %) CBRCompressive strength

Brine1.20.9/0.8/1.00.6/0.6/0.90.8/1.0/0.8
Brine1.50.8/0.9/1.10.5/0.5/0.70.6/1.0/0.7
Brine1.80.8/0.7/1.10.7/0.6/0.70.5/0.7/0.6
CaCl21.30.7/0.8/1.00.6/0.7/0.70.7/0.8/1.0
CaCl21.80.8/0.8/0.90.5/0.6/0.70.8/0.7/0.6
CaCl22.30.8/0.7/0.80.6/0.7/0.70.4/0.5/0.5
Polymer1.40.8/0.9/1.01.4/1.1/0.91.0/2.1/1.2
Polymer2.41.1/0.9/1.11.3/1.1/0.91.2/2.4/1.1
Polymer3.40.8/0.9/1.01.4/1.1/0.81.7/2.5/2.5
Cement1.51.0/0.9/1.41.5/1.4/1.02.0/2.6/3.8
Cement3.51.0/1.0/1.72.5/2.7/1.64.1/5.9/8.6
Cement4.51.0/1.0/1.82.4/3.1/2.36.0/8.7/11.3
Cement6.01.0/0.9/1.73.3/4.1/2.35.8/9.6/18.2
Ref.Rel.1.0/1.0/1.01.0/1.0/1.01.0/1.0/1.0
Ref.Abs.*163/170/13017/22/243.6/2.6/3.1

*MPa for tests, kN for CBR and compressive strength tests.