AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON STABILIZATION OF MEDIUM PLASTIC CLAY SOIL WITH BITUMINOUS EMULSION

N developing countries, the main problem is to provide a complete network of road system with limited resources available. In this context construction cost can be considerably lowered by using the locally available materials with suitable stabilization techniques. In this study an attempt is made to use cationic bituminous emulsion for stabilization of medium plastic clays (CI). The results indicated that the soil requires pre-treatment with lime at 1% and an emulsion content of 3% yielded satisfactory results.