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 5

Relative results for limestone for the 3 different gradings.

Grading: 3.8%/6.6%/8.8% (% of 80  m or less)

ProductDosage (L/m², %) CBRCompressive strength

Brine1.20.9/1.1/0.90.8/0.5/0.70.4/1.1/1.0
Brine1.50.9/0.9/1.00.9/0.5/0.70.4/1.0/0.9
Brine1.80.8/0.9/0.90.6/0.4/0.60.3/1.0/0.8
CaCl21.30.8/0.8/1.00.5/0.5/0.70.6/0.9/1.0
CaCl21.80.8/0.8/0.90.5/0.7/0.80.3/0.8/1.1
CaCl22.30.8/0.8/0.90.5/0.6/0.60.3/0.7/1.1
Polymer1.41.1/1.2/1.01.6/1.4/0.91.8/2.4/1.5
Polymer2.41.1/1.1/0.91.5/1.4/0.72.1/2.9/1.6
Polymer3.41.1/1.1/0.91.5/1.3/0.82.1/3.4/1.7
Cement1.51.0/1.0/0.91.0/1.5/1.21.2/2.0/1.2
Cement3.51.0/1.2/0.92.2/3.2/1.93.3/3.0/2.5
Cement4.51.3/1.1/0.92.2/4.1/2.04.6/3.5/2.5
Cement6.01.4/1.2/1.02.4/5.0/2.36.1/5.8/3.7
Ref.Rel.1.0/1.0/1.01.0/1.0/1.01.0/1.0/1.0
Ref.Abs.*179/165/19615/14/264.9/4.4/7.5

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