What are the different types of soil-cement materials?
Soil-cement is an engineered material designed and constructed for various pavement applications or material characteristics. The best soil-cement product is the one best suited to the specific application. Cement-modified soil (CMS), cement-treated base (CTB), and full-depth reclamation (FDR) are among the cement-based pavement materials that are engineered specifically for their intended purpose. The four major variables that control the properties and characteristics of soil-cement are (1) the nature of the soil material; (2) the proportion of cement in the mix; (3) moisture conditions; and (4) the degree of compaction. It is possible, simply by varying the cement content, to produce mixes ranging from those which result in only modification of the compacted soil to those which result in hard soil-cement that will meet durability and strength requirements. More.
