Research Article

Geotechnical Suitability of Soils in Road Construction for Sustainable Development in Tropical Africa: Case of Lateritic Graveled Soils of Bandjoun (West, Cameroon)

Table 2

Summary of the different mechanical characterization results.

ParametersProctor testCBR (95%)
MDD (g/cm³)OMC (%)

Samples
 CP11.7431.5041.40
 CP21.7029.5026.00
 CP31.9421.1083.30
 CP41.6428.5029.40
Max1.9431.5083.30
Min1.6427.6026.00
Average1.7527.6045.02
Deviation0.134.5426.36

CBR = California bearing ratio, MDD = maximum dry density, OMC = maximum water content.