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Test using expansive cement in cement stabilized base to eliminate or prevent cracking : experimental projects.
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1975-08-01
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Abstract:The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using an
expansive cement, TXI 4C Chem Comp, in lieu of the regular Type I Portland
Cement in a cement stabilized gravel screenings base so as to eliminate
or reduce cracks associated with this type of base construction. The test
was carried out by field experimentation and observation.
The results of this test indicate that the use of expansive cement to
stabilize gravel screening base material produced no appreciable reduction
in the number or size of cracking in the base when the subgrade has a high
clay content and that low temperatures could have a nullifying effect on the
expansive cement. However, it was found that the frequency of cracking was
reduced approximately 50% when gravel screening base material, stabilized with
regular Type I Portland Cement, was placed over lime treated subgrade.
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