Experimental Study on Unconfined Compressive Strength of Rubberized Cemented Soil

As an economical and environmentally friendly lightweight filler material, rubberized cemented soil has a broad application prospect in engineering. In order to analyze its engineering characteristics, the stress-strain curves were obtained by the unconfined compressive strength test under different compounding conditions, focusing on the changes in rubber particle size, rubber content, cement content, and curing age on the strength of rubberized cemented soil. Results indicate that: we can divide the stress-strain curve of rubberized cemented soil into four stages: compression dense stage, elastic deformation stage, yielding stage, and post-damage stage; the ductility and plasticity change regularly with cement content, rubber content, and rubber particle size; the strength of rubberized cemented soil increases with the increase of cement content and decreases with the increase of rubber content; In the content range of this test, the strength growth rate is the largest at the level of 5% - 10%, and the strength reduction rate is the smallest at 0% - 5% of rubber powder content; the unconfined compressive strength decreases and then increases as particle size grows, reaching its lowest value at 1 - 3 mm, which is considered to be the inferior particle size and the verification of the existence of the optimum particle size; the unconfined compressive strength of rubberized cemented soil has an excellent linear relation with the natural logarithm of the curing age, and its strength increases with the increase of lnT; a new comprehensive characterization parameter PCRT is proposed, which can effectively characterize the effects of rubber content, cement content and curing age on the compressive strength of rubberized cemented soil, and has a good power function relation.