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This research was carried out to study the characteristics of bamboo leaf ash stabilization on lateritic soil in highway construction. Preliminary tests were performed on three samples, A, B, and C for identification and classification purposes followed by the consistency limit tests. Geotechnical property tests (compaction, California bearing ratio (CBR), and triaxial) were also performed on the samples, both at the stabilized and unstabilized states by adding 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10% bamboo leaf ash (BLA) by weight of sample to the soils. The results showed that the addition of BLA improved the strengths of the samples. Optimum moisture contents reduced to 20.20, 19.60 and 9.32% at 8, 4 and 6% BLA additions in samples A, B and C respectively while MDD increased to 1400, 1676 and 1941 kg/m3 respectively at 8, 2 and 4% BLA additions in samples A, B, and C. The unsoaked CBR values of samples A and B increased from 5.44 to 38.21% and from 11.42 to 34.99% respectively. The shear strengths of samples A and B also increased from 181.31 to 199.00 kN/m2 and from 144.81 to 155.90 kN/m2 respectively. It was therefore concluded that bamboo leaf ash has a good potential for stabilizing lateritic soils in highway construction. |
