Estudo de três solos estabilizados com uma emulsão asfáltica catiônica.

Abstract

Lack of appropriate testing procedures and design methods for local conditions are still the main drawbacks for the efficient utilization of soi1-asphaltic emulsion systems inflexible pavement construction. This investigationpresents the results of an study in which an accelerated testing procedure was deveioped and used. Three soils from the region north east were selected as representative of the local variations and used for the study. The variables investigated were compaction moisture content and quantity of cationic asphaltic emulsion.These variables were assessed by measuring the following selected engineering properties. Unit weight, absorption, unconfined compressive strenght and indirect tensile strength. The study shows that the optimum moisture content for maximum dry unit weight approximates very closely the optimum moisture content for maximum strength, it also shows that the optimum percentage of asphaltic emulsion may be determined using only the criterium of maximum strength since the values of absorption were in very case very small and far below of the maximumvalues commonly used by other investigators.