PPT Slide
Conceptual Diagram of CU Structural Soil :
How to meet engineer’s needs for compaction to provide a load-bearing soil to put pavement while still allowing the roots to access the soil.
Crushed stone of uniform size, 1” diameter, creates rigid matrix with high degree of porosity. The pores or voids are partially filled with non-compacted soil because the stone matrix bears the load from stone to stone, top to bottom.