Abstract:
Soft clay is a geological material which is problem soil due to its low shear strength and high settlement. The embankment construction on soft clay encounters problems with extremely lateral pressure, lateral movement, settlement, and low stability leading to failure frequently. This problem is solved widely by using cement column and stone column. This research assembled advantages of 2 soil improvement techniques together for solving the problem. In the construction, using a drill bore the hole like the stone column technique from soft clay to hardness clay or sand by dry process. After that, cement, fly ash, gravel and water are mixed and poured into the drilled holes This new material is called Cement Fly Ash Gravel Column (CFG column). Advantages of this material can constructed to hard clay and the material bonded internally due to the using of cement and fly ash that had properties like a low strength concrete. Cement Fly Ash Gravel Column (CFG column) had high porosity similar to vertical drainage which consolidation are rapid by using of similarly sized gravel. This research was mixed gravel size from 4.76 to 12.70 mm by Unified Soil Classification System with 22% portland cement type 1 and fly ash from Mae Moh, Lampang with 5,10,15,20,25 percent by dry weight of coarse aggregate. The research of engineering properties and behavior of materials were studied about density, compressive strength, flexural strength, porosity, permeability coefficient, modulus. In addition, microstructures were studied by using electron image analysis (SEM) and finding soil minerals by using X-ray diffraction (XRD).