ABSTRACT

Cement-acrylic resin was used with different proportions of soft clay to medium-fine sand mixtures to improve their engineering characteristics. A comprehensive laboratory testing program was carried out for studying the effect of cement-acrylic resin on physical and engineering behavior of this soft clay. The properties studied were compressive strength, slake durability, porosity, dry unit weight, and compression index Cc. The improvement of engineering properties of these soft clay-sand mixtures, treated with cement-acrylic resin, was influenced strongly by the medium-fine sand content.