Effect of Freeze-Thaw Cycle on Shear Strength of Lime-Solidified Dispersion Soils

Meng Yao (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026,)
Qing Wang (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026,)
Bing Ma (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026,)
Yaowu Liu (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026,)
Qingbo Yu (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026,)
Yan Han (College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130026,)

Civil Engineering Journal
Vol 6, No 1 (2020): January

The freeze-thaw cycle of saline soil in the seasonal frozen area will produce diseases such as frost heave and thaw settlement, road frost boiling, collapse and uneven settlement. In order to reduce the occurrence of these undesirable phenomena, it is often necessary to improve the saline soil in engineering. In this paper, the typical carbonate saline soil in the west of Jilin Province, China is taken as the research object. By adding different content of lime (0%, 3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, 15%), the change of mechanical strength of lime solidified saline soil under different freeze-thaw cycles (0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 30, 60 times) is studied. The mechanical analysis is carried out by combining particle size analysis test and SEM image. The test results show that although repeated freeze-thaw cycles make the soil structure loose and the mechanical strength greatly reduced, the soil particles agglomerate obviously after adding lime, its dispersion is restrained by the flocculation of clay colloid, and the shear strength of soil is improved by the increase of the cohesive force between clay particles, and the optimal lime mixing ratio of the saline soil in this area is 9%.