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Title	AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATION FOR GHANAIAN SOILS BETWEEN ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT AND THE STRENGTH OF SOIL-CEMENT
Accession No	00231485
Authors	NEWILL, D
Journal Title	Road Research Laboratory Notes /UK/
Corp. Authors / Publisher	N/A
Description	6 p.
Languages	English
Abstract	THE RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE STABILIZATION WITH PORTLAND CEMENT OF 84 SOILS CARRIED OUT IN 1955/6 BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, GHANA, SUGGESTED THAT THE RATE OF GAIN OF STRENGTH WITH CEMENT CONTENT WAS LESS WITH SOILS FROM THE TROPICAL FOREST BELT THAN WITH SOILS FROM THE COASTAL BELT AND FROM THE NORTHERN REGION WITH SAVANNAH-TYPE VEGETATION. THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THIS DIFFERENCE. ALTHOUGH THE RESULTS OBTAINED SUGGESTED THAT THE SOILS FROM THE TROPICAL RAIN BELT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFICULT TO STABILIZE WITH CEMENT, ONLY SEVEN SOILS GAVE LOW STRENGTHS OF SOIL-CEMENT AND THIS WAS TOO FEW TO PERMIT ANY CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE LOW STRENGTHS. THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN THIS WORK CONFIRM THAT THE OCCURRENCE OF SOILS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO STABILIZE WITH CEMENT IS NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN GHANA, EVEN IN THE TROPICAL RAIN BELT.
TRT Terms	Cement content ; Organic content ; Portland cement ; Soil cement ; Soil stabilization ; Soils ; Strength of materials
Other Terms	Organic content (Soil); Soil cement stabilization; Strength
Subject Areas	H32 CEMENT AND CONCRETE; H62 FOUNDATIONS (SOILS)
Report Number	3572/dn,CRR.95,BS.423
TRIS Files	HRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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