Abstract:To address the engineering issues such as subgrade differential settlement and pavement cracking caused by the significant swelling and shrinkage characteristics of expansive soil, as well as the problems such as high energy consumption of traditional cement stabilizers and the lack of resource utilization channels for industrial solid waste, a treatment scheme for industrial solid wastes such as red mud, fly ash and desulfurization gypsum in combination with cement-solidified expansive soil is proposed. The compaction tests are conducted to determine the optimum moisture content and the maximum dry density of the solidified expansive soil. The unconfined compressive strength tests are performed to systematically analyze the effects of compaction degree, stabilizer content and curing age on the strength of the solidified soil. The water stability tests and the freeze-thaw cycle tests are carried out to analyze the water stability and freeze thawing resistance of solidified soil respectively. The results indicate that with an increase of stabilizer content, the maximum dry density of solidified expansive soil specimens increases and the water stability coefficient of the specimens improves. When the stabilizer content remains constant, the unconfined compressive strength increases with an increase of compaction degree. Under a constant compaction degree, the unconfined compressive strength also increases with an increase of stabilizer content. Furthermore, the unconfined compressive strength of the solidified soil obviously increases with the curing age increasing.