Many factors affect the construction and performance of chemically stabilized highway pavement soil layers, especially mixture homogenization, time between mixture and compaction, and selection of compaction equipment. Regarding forest road application, this paper addresses the influence of time between mixture and compaction (TMC) on compaction optimum parameters and on mechanical strength of mixtures of two typical soils from the region `Zona da Mata Norte', State of Minas Gerais, and grits, a waste from the cellulose industry, as well as the influence of grits sampling on the mechanical strength of soil 2-grits mixtures. California bearing ratio (CBR) data from laboratory specimens compacted at the Intermediate Proctor compaction effort were used throughout the study. The laboratory testing data supported that time between mixture and compaction significantly affected the mechanical strength of the tested soil mixtures. Regarding soil samples and from a practical point of view, it is recommended that such studies should be always performed on regional basis. It was observed significant influence of grits sampling on the mechanical strength of soil 2-grits mixtures.
Soil stabilization; grits; time between mixture and compaction; forest roads
