Amorndech Noulmanee. Properties of Chiang Khruea Lateritic Soil and Their Applications in Civil Engineering. (). มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลอีสาน. สำนักวิทยบริการและเทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ. : , 2020.
Properties of Chiang Khruea Lateritic Soil and Their Applications in Civil Engineering
Abstract:
Sakon Nakhon is a city-municipality in Thailand whose infrastructure such as highways and
buildings have been rapidly developing. Consequently, large amounts of construction materials
such as crushed rock, sand, and laterite are being used in many construction projects.
Chiang Khruea sub-district contains the main laterite quarries supplying construction sites
in Sakon Nakhon province; the extracted laterite from this area is in demand for highway
sub-base construction due to its good shear strength after compaction and its low price.
However, the properties of Chiang Khruea lateritic soil are not yet maximally used in other
civil engineering applications such as landfill liner, backfill material for retaining walls, and
as a base layer for paved roads because engineers do not extensively understand its physical
and engineering properties. Therefore, this study investigated and reported on the properties
of Chiang Khruea lateritic soil to identify possibilities for its applications in civil engineering.
The physical (i.e., specific gravity of soil, Atterberg limits, Los Angeles (L.A.) abrasion) and
engineering properties (i.e., compacted soil density, California Bearing Ratio, shear strength
parameters, permeability (k) and modulus of subgrade reaction) of Chiang Khruea lateritic
soil were investigated through a series of laboratory and in-situ tests. The results reported
could be useful for engineers as a reference for sustainable design and construction.