Stabilized soil-bound road surfaces: Fid-Bau Portal

Stabilized soil-bound road surfaces

Collings, W.R. / Stewart, L.C.

Part I May 24 n 21 p 660-664: Summary of work of Dow Chemical Co, Midland, Mich, on basic soil properties chiefly influential in designing stable mixtures and their determination by laboratory methods; calcium chloride as moisture-fixing element; stabilized gravel; rate of solution of calcium chloride. Part II June 7 n 23 p 738-743: Traffic tests of trial roads; behavior, under counted truck traffic, of test roads of various soil mixtures subjected to artificial rain storms and warm drying winds; effect of plasticity index on stability of various surfacing mixtures used on test roads; effect of additions of silt to two types of smooth aggregate; effect of soil mortar on gravel stability. Part III June 14 n 24 p 772-775: Construction and maintenance; accepted practice in constructing and maintaining stabilized soil roads summarized in light of tests and practical experience; preparatory procedure; pulverizing and mixing binder; shaping and compacting; reconditioning old roads; maintenance of stabilized wearing courses. Part IV June 21 n 25 p 806-808: Construction and maintenance costs; actual construction costs on Michigan roads critically analyzed and estimates deduced of comparative maintenance costs; estimate of savings per mile to be obtained from stabilization of ordinary traffic-bound roads; maintenance savings.