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What is the ideal soil for road?

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Question added by Mahmoud Abdulkader Darwish , Consultant Bridge Engineer , Brench IDS consulting company
Date Posted: 2014/02/18
طﻻل صدقي عثمان arman
by طﻻل صدقي عثمان arman , رئيس مجلس اﻹدارة والمدير العام , شركة عرمان للهندسة والمقاوﻻت المحدودة

Well graded , incompressible if possible, moisture free, and free of any organic materials

Elrayah Abdalla Mahmoud   Amin
by Elrayah Abdalla Mahmoud Amin , Construction Manager , Arkad Engineering & Construction compan

none expansive,and have plasticity degree and well grading

Naveen Nishchal Pandey
by Naveen Nishchal Pandey , Site Engineer - Civil , Glair Infrastructure Limited

Ideal soil for road should have - 

Stability,

Incompressibility,

Permanency of strength,

Minimum changes in volume and stability under adverse conditions of weather and ground water,

Good drainage, and

Ease of compaction

Mahmoud Abdulkader    Darwish
by Mahmoud Abdulkader Darwish , Consultant Bridge Engineer , Brench IDS consulting company

 

It should be dense,

free from too much moisture,

high in internal friction (abrasion) cohesion

 possess low compressibility and capillary.

 

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

Thank you for the invitation but the subject is not within my expertise

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Other than properly graded, it all depends on the area your working with some parts of the world need a highly dense soil where others requires a coarser aggergate due to the wet climate to allow for drainage

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