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JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION
Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages 2039-2049Publisher
AMER SOC TESTING MATERIALS
DOI: 10.1520/JTE20160225
Keywords
hysteresis; resilient modulus; expansive soil; lime; wetting-drying
Funding
- National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [11-BUI-1901-02]
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Several studies have asserted that seasonal moisture variation of unsaturated subgrade has a significant impact on its resilient modulus and, consequently, on the pavement performance and longevity. In regard to unsaturated lime-treated expansive subgrade, little research has addressed the influence of moisture variation on resilient modulus (M-R). In this context, this study aims at evaluating the effect of the drying and wetting cycle on the resilient behavior of lime-treated expansive clay at optimum lime conditions. Initially, the effects of lime content and curing period on the MR of lime-treated expansive clay were investigated to evaluate the optimum lime content. This involved conducting a series of repeated load tests under different lime contents and curing periods. In addition, a complementary series of tests were conducted to evaluate the unconfined compression strength along the same drying and wetting paths. Test data indicated that lime treatment resulted in a 370 % increase in the M-R after 28 days curing. On the other hand, the effect of the wetting and drying cycle, depicted as the relationship between MR and suction (or water content), showed a hysteresis phenomenon. Further examination of the MR along the drying path indicated a positive contribution of suction to the resilient behavior of lime-treated samples up to a specific suction value (>20 MPa), after which this contribution is considered negligible. Hysteresis phenomenon was also observed for unconfined compression strength because of wetting and drying; however, with a different trend. The discrepancy between hysteresis trends were attributed to differences in loading characteristics.
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