Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi
Roads in Nigeria are usually constructed without in-depth knowledge of the subsoil that serves as the foundation for the road elements. Road failures are often associated to poor construction materials or inadequate design without cognisance of the underlying soils. Engineering properties of ten bul...
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| description | Roads in Nigeria are usually constructed without in-depth knowledge of the subsoil that serves as the foundation for the road elements. Road failures are often associated to poor construction materials or inadequate design without cognisance of the underlying soils. Engineering properties of ten bulk soil samples collected from the subgrade of Arigidi/Oke-Agbe highway were investigated to determine their suitability for highway pavement. Results show that all the subgrade soils below the failed locations have higher plasticity indices, which is an indication of their high swelling
potential, and they are classified as A-7-6 clayey soils with high-water adsorption capability (16.1 – 22.4%) compared to subgrade soils from the stable locations. Low compacted density (1325 – 1928 Kg/m3 ), extremely poor CBR values; 8 – 31% (unsoaked) and 3 – 8% (soaked) which indicate
percentage reduction in strength of the soils up to 77% on exposure to excessive moisture and the predominance of fines (> 59%) in the soils are responsible for the degree of instability. Furthermore, soft to low stiffness (49 – 131 kN/m2 ) and poor permeability of the subgrade materials underlying the pavement result to the failure characteristics witnessed. This study shows that the suitability and behaviour of subgrade soil is dependent on its engineering properties. |
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| spelling | uitm-295452020-04-17T04:16:45Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29545/ Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi myse Omowumi, Ademila Roadside development. Landscaping Pavements and paved roads Roads in Nigeria are usually constructed without in-depth knowledge of the subsoil that serves as the foundation for the road elements. Road failures are often associated to poor construction materials or inadequate design without cognisance of the underlying soils. Engineering properties of ten bulk soil samples collected from the subgrade of Arigidi/Oke-Agbe highway were investigated to determine their suitability for highway pavement. Results show that all the subgrade soils below the failed locations have higher plasticity indices, which is an indication of their high swelling potential, and they are classified as A-7-6 clayey soils with high-water adsorption capability (16.1 – 22.4%) compared to subgrade soils from the stable locations. Low compacted density (1325 – 1928 Kg/m3 ), extremely poor CBR values; 8 – 31% (unsoaked) and 3 – 8% (soaked) which indicate percentage reduction in strength of the soils up to 77% on exposure to excessive moisture and the predominance of fines (> 59%) in the soils are responsible for the degree of instability. Furthermore, soft to low stiffness (49 – 131 kN/m2 ) and poor permeability of the subgrade materials underlying the pavement result to the failure characteristics witnessed. This study shows that the suitability and behaviour of subgrade soil is dependent on its engineering properties. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29545/1/29545.pdf Omowumi, Ademila (2018) Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi. (2018) Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Journal_of_Sustainable_Environment_=28MySE=29.html>, 4 (1). pp. 19-36. ISSN 0128-326X http://www.myse.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Roadside development. Landscaping Pavements and paved roads Omowumi, Ademila Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi |
| title | Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi |
| title_full | Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi |
| title_fullStr | Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi |
| title_short | Geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in Southwestern Part of Nigeria / Ademila Omowumi |
| title_sort | geotechnical influence of underlying soils to pavement failure in southwestern part of nigeria / ademila omowumi |
| topic | Roadside development. Landscaping Pavements and paved roads |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29545/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29545/ |