A study of the water retention curve of lime-treated London Clay

Maria Mavroulidou, Michael Gunn

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Abstract

© 2016 The Author(s) This paper investigates the drying and wetting soil water retention curves (SWRCs) of statically compacted lime-stabilised London Clay specimens. A series of tests were performed using the contact filter paper method, pressure plate apparatus and a suction-controlled triaxial system incorporating the axis translation technique. These investigated the water retention of the soil under different boundary and stress-state conditions and simultaneously determined the volume change in the soil during drying and wetting. Factors relevant to the lime treatment of soils, such as curing period and method (air vs. water curing), were also considered. Finally, the hysteresis of the SWRC of the chemically treated soil (for which there appears to be a lack of information in the international literature) was investigated. The results showed that the treatment with lime increased the volumetric stability but reduced the water retention ability due to a more open structure enabled by the flocculation and chemical bonding effects. Curing period and method effect appears to be small. Hysteresis was noted to some degree in all instances. © The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23-45
JournalActa Geotechnica
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jan 2016

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