The two basic requirements of soil-cement mixtures for slope protection of hydraulic structures are (a) satisfactory unconfined compressive strength and (b) freeze and thaw durability This paper describes an experimental work to correlate the unconfined compressive strength and percent weight loss due to freeze and thaw durability test of laboratory compacted soil-cement specimens. The tests were carried out on soil-cement mixtures of 10 different soil types. The main conclusion is that a precise correlation between the percent weight loss due to freeze and thaw durability test (F & T) and the 28-day compressive strength (UCS) does not exist However using the graph, the designer may estimate the percent weight loss with an error the order of 2%. The 28-day UCS values are linearly correlated with the UCS values of the similar specimens subjected to the F & T durability tests with a regression factor of 0.96.
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