This paper addresses the characterization of three soil-RBI Grade 81 mixtures for road engineering applications using laboratory testing data from wetting and drying durability tests. One mature (soil 1) and two young (soils 2 and 3) gneiss residual soils from the Zona da Mata Norte de Minas Gerais, Brazil, were used throughout the study. The laboratory testing program comprised the following steps: (i) RBI Grade 81 content: 6% regarding soil dry mass; (ii) compaction efforts: Standard, Intermediate and Modified Proctor; (iii) mixture specimens curing time: 7 days in acclimatized room. The testing program data supported that: (i) only tested mixtures of soils 1 and 3 compacted at the Intermediate compaction effort, and of soils 2 and 3 compacted at the Modified compaction effort endured all cycles in the durability test; (ii) mixture specimens of soil 3 compacted at the Modified Proctor compaction effort presented lower mass losses in the durability test (under 13%); (iii) from durability testing data standpoint, soil-RBI Grade 81 mixtures are regarded as potential road engineering materials.
Soil stabilization; RBI Grade 81; forest and conventional roads; wetting and drying durability tests
