Abstract:Fly ash, as an industrial waste residue discharged from thermal power plants, not only requires a large amount of space for storage, but also seriously pollutes the environment. The use of fly ash as embankment filler for roadbed filling can not only solve the problems of nowhere to stack and difficult to treat in thermal power plants, but also meet the material supply of roadbed filling, which realizes the utilization of solid waste. The basic indexes of liquid plastic limit, maximum dry density, optimal moisture content and free swelling ratio of fly ash are tested. Based on the maximum dry density and the optimal moisture content, the CBR value, rebound modulus, compression modulus, fast shear strength, triaxial compression strength and disintegration resistance are measured respectively when the compaction degrees are 90%, 92%, 95%, 97% and 100%, and the test results are summarized and analyzed. The test shows that compared with the soil fine-grained filler, the liquid plastic limit of fly ash is relatively high, its density is relatively low, and it has expansibility when exposed to water. The CBR increases with the increase of compaction degree, and the maximum is 1.61%. From the perspective of CBR, the fly ash does not meet the requirements of the CBR of the roadbed filler in the roadbed design specification. The resilient modulus of fly ash increases with the increase of compaction degree. The resilient modulus is 54.119 MPa when the compaction degree is 95%. From the perspective of resilient modulus, fly ash can not be used as roadbed filler under extremely heavy traffic of expressways and first-class highways, and can be used for the roadbed filling under heavy traffic conditions of highways of second class and below. The internal friction angle and cohesion increase with the increase of compaction degree. The shear strength of the fast shear test is higher than that of the triaxial compression test. The internal friction angle values are similar, and the cohesion values are quite different. The disintegration resistance time of fly ash increases with the increase of compaction degree. In the water immersion environment, fly ash particles are easy to disintegrate, and the bonding force between particles is weak. Pure fly ash will not show obvious hydration hardening after encountering water. There is no obvious bonding phenomenon between particles, and there is no obvious formation of strength.