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OF SOILS IN CONSTRUCTION OF
PAVEMENT LAYERS & HIGHWAY
EMBANKMENTS
Soil is an unconsolidated material that has resulted
from the disintegration of rocks.
Soils are highly heterogeneous and anisotropic in
nature and occur in unlimited varieties.
For a highway engineer, a knowledge of the
strength of a soil is extremely important, since the
pavement structure and foundation of structures
rests on soils.
Aggregates are combination of distinct particles
gathered into an aggregate mass such as sand, gravel,
crushed stone and other materials comprising
individual particles.
Silts
Fine
Clay grained
soils
Loads
frost susceptibility
surface layers
In case of rigid pavements, bases help prevent subgrade
soil movement due to slab pumping.
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