3.3 Results of compaction tests of untreated and treated Barika CL soil with hydrated lime
The results for the compaction tests performed on the untreated and treated Barika CL soil samples with hydrated lime were measured via using the standard proctor compaction method. The addition of lime at various percentages to the soil samples increases their maximum dry density and reduces their optimum moisture content for the same compaction effort as shown in Table 5 and Figure 2. A similar trend of behavior has also been observed for the case of hydrated lime treated clay in the study of Ingles and Metcalf (1972).
Table 5: Standard proctor compaction test results of the untreated and treated Barika CL soil samples.