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https://doi.org/10.3141/1547-11

http://scholar.google.com...mael&publication_year=1996

The effect of aging on the strength and compressibility of calcareous desert sands was examined by laboratory and field tests. The field tests included standard penetration and dynamic cone penetration tests on freshly deposited loose calcareous sand at one site in Kuwait City. The laboratory tests included direct shear, consolidation, and California bearing ratio tests on reconstituted compacted specimens from a naturally cemented sand. These tests were conducted at zero time and after aging for different periods in the laboratory. The results indicate an increase in the shear strength and a reduction in compressibility at a decreasing rate with time. The penetration resistance increased by 100 to 200% as a result of aging over a period of 1 year. The changes in strength and compressibility are attributed to mechanical effects resulting from particle interlocking, reorientation, and dispersion and increased friction at a constant effective stress.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1547, Aggregate and Material Tests and Properties Related to Performance.

English

p. 76-81

1996

Transportation Research Record

0309059151

Figures (8) ; Photos (1) ; References (13) ; Tables (3)

Aging (Materials); Calcareous soils; California bearing ratio; Compressibility; Cone penetrometers; Deserts; Direct shear tests; Effective stress; Field tests; Friction; Laboratory tests; Shear strength; Soil consolidation test; Soil particles; Soil penetration test; Testing

Kuwait

Kuwait

Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics

TRIS, TRB

Feb 3 1997 12:00AM

• AGGREGATE CHARACTERISTICS GOVERNING PERFORMANCE OF SEAL COAT HIGHWAY OVERLAYS
• ANALYSIS OF RESILIENT MODULUS OF DENSE- AND OPEN-GRADED AGGREGATES
• COARSE AGGREGATE EFFECTS ON ELASTIC MODULI OF CONCRETE
• EVALUATION OF FROST RESISTANCE TESTS FOR CARBONATE AGGREGATES
• EVALUATION OF LABORATORY PROCEDURES FOR AGGREGATE POLISH TEST
• EVALUATION OF PAVEMENT BEARING CHARACTERISTICS USING FLORIDA LIMEROCK BEARING RATIO TEST
• INFLUENCE OF AGGREGATE PROPERTIES ON PERFORMANCE OF HEAVY-DUTY HOT-MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENTS
• INFLUENCES ON PERMANENT DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF UNBOUND GRANULAR MATERIALS
• LINCOLN AVENUE RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT BASE PROJECT
• SHAKEDOWN OF SUBGRADE SOIL UNDER REPEATED LOADING
• STEADY-STATE STRENGTH, RELATIVE DENSITY, AND FINES CONTENT RELATIONSHIP FOR SANDS
• TESTING METHODOLOGY FOR RESILIENT MODULUS OF BASE MATERIALS
• USE OF SHREDDED RUBBER IN UNBOUND GRANULAR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT LAYERS