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Laboratory Evaluation Of Organic Soil Mixing, Spencer Dean Baker
Laboratory Evaluation Of Organic Soil Mixing, Spencer Dean Baker
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Organic soils present a difficult challenge for roadway designers and construction due to the high compressibility of the soil structure, the often associated high water table, and the high moisture content. For other soft or loose soils (inorganic soils), stabilization via cement or similar binders (a method called soil mixing) has proven to be an effective solution. To this end, the Federal Highway Administration has published a comprehensive design manual for these techniques. Organic soils, however, are not addressed therein to a level of confidence for design, as organic soils do not follow the trends of inorganic soils. This has …