PURPOSES: This study intends to develop an inorganic soil pavement material using industrial by-products and to evaluate its applicability as a road pavement material. METHODS: In this study, a compressive strength experiment was conducted based on the NaOH solution molarity and water glass content to understand the strength properties of the soil pavement material according to the mixing ratio of alkali activator. In addition, the strength characteristic of the inorganic soil pavement material was analyzed based on the binder content. The performance of the soil pavement was evaluated by conducing an accelerated pavement test and a falling weight deflectometer (FWD) test. RESULTS: As a result of the soil pavement material test based on the mixture ratio of alkali activator, it was identified that the activator that mixed a 10 M NaOH solution to water glass in a 5:5 ratio is appropriate. As a result of the inorganic soil pavement materials test based on the binder content, the strength development increased sharply when the amount of added binder was over 300 kg; this level of binder content satisfied 28 days of 18 MPa of compression strength, which is the standard for existing soil pavement design. According to the measured results of the FWD test, the dynamic k-value did not show a significant difference before or after the accelerated pavement testing. Furthermore, the effective modulus decreased by approximately 50%, compared with the initial effective modulus for pedestrian pavement. CONCLUSIONS: Based on these results, inorganic soil pavement can be applied by changing the mixture proportions according to the use of the pavement, and can be utilized as road pavement from light load roads to access roads.

최근 흙포장은 친환경 재료로 알려지기 시작하면서 시공이 점차 늘어나고 있는 추세이다. 그러나 기존 흙 포장은 자연상태의 흙에 시멘트와 경화제를 혼합하여 포설되고 있으며, 강도 발현은 시멘트의 첨가량(일반 적으로 15~20wt%)에 의존하고 있다. 시멘트는 소성과정에서 1400℃이상의 막대한 에너지가 소비되며, 온 실가스의 주요인인 이산화탄소를 다량으로 배출하고 있으며, 이는 전세계 온실가스의 7%에 달한다. 따라서 국내외 콘크리트 제조업체들은 시멘트 제조시 발생되는 이산화탄소의 감축을 위한 기술개발을 위해 노력을 하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존 흙포장 재료에서 시멘트를 대체하기 위하여 산업부산물(고로슬래그 미분말, 플라이애쉬)을 이용한 무시멘트 무기계 습식 흙포장 재료의 배합비에 따른 강도실험을 수행하였다.