Portland Cement Treatments in Locations with Poor Embankment Material

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) is responsible for the construction and maintenance of roadway and airport embankments throughout the State of Alaska. Often, high-quality aggregate is not available in the specific project area, requiring material to be hauled from great distances, resulting in high costs. The ADOT&PF Northern Region Materials Section (NRMS) is considering the use of Portland cement to treat locally available fine-grained soils. Concerns with using cement-treated fine-grained soils are potential frost susceptibility and lack of compressive strength. The research team proposes to test the frost susceptibility and compressive strength of soil samples provided by ADOT&PF NRMS.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

  2301 Peger Road
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99701
• Project Managers:

  Waldo, Dave

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  College of Engineering & Mines
  P.O. Box 755960
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99775-5960
• Start Date: 20190601
• Expected Completion Date: 20191231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Compressive strength; Embankments; Fine grained soils; Frost susceptibility; Highway maintenance; Performance tests; Portland cement
• Geographic Terms: Alaska
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01724797
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 9 2019 5:23PM