Caracteriza??o tecnológica de misturas solo-grits para pavimentos de estradas florestais: influência do tratamento térmico do grits na resistência mecanica das misturas

摘要

The objective of this paper was to analyze the influence of grits thermal treatment on the mechanical strength of soil-grits mixtures. The laboratory testing program included: (i) two residual gneiss soils from the Zona da Mata, Northern Minas Gerais; (ii) waste from the cellulose industry, namely grits, composed by non-hydrated lime and sand, among others by-products; (iii) grits samples submitted to thermal treatment in a muffle at the temperatures of 600, 700, 800 and 900oC before soils-grits specimens preparation; (iv) soils-grits specimens containing 24% of treated grits in relation to soil dry unit compacted at the intermediate and modified Proctor compaction test, and cured during 7 and 28days in a moist room at the temperature of 22oC and relative humidity close to 100%; and (iv) complete immersion of cured specimens in water (4 hours) before testing for compressive strength using the unconfined compression test. Data from the laboratory testing program support that: (i) thermal treatment produced more reactive grits samples; and (ii) best soils-grits mechanical responses were associated to grits treatment temperatures of 800 and 900oC for soil1, and to 800oC for soil2.