Effect of fly ash stabilization on geotechnical properties of. Its use as a soil stabilizer is an alternative to the final disposition with environmental benefit. The admixtures were varied by 5%, 10%, 15% for fly ash and for rice husk ash it is 4%, 8% and 12%. Soil stabilization using rice husk ash, lime and jute. In this paper black cotton soil is treated with fly ash 5%,10%. Stabilization of expansive soil using fly ash a dissertation submitted by manmay kumar mohanty 710ce1160 in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of technology dual degree in civil engineering geotechnical engineering department of civil engineering national institute of technology, rourkela. Comparison of fly ash and rice husk ash stabilized black cotton soil. International journal of engineering and science vol. Pdf to study soil stabilization of black cotton soil bc. Expansive soil which is also called as black cotton soil is very difficult to be used in construction. This study is carried out for stabilization of soil using rice husk ash and fly ash with black cotton soil. For determination of atterbergs limits, 100 grams of black cotton soil sample was weighed passing 425 micron sieve. Prof, dept of ce, anil neerukonda institute of technology and sciences vishakhapatnam.
Excessive heave associated with swelling of expansive soil. Prof, dept of ce, vignan institute of information technology. Influence of using rice husk ash in soil stabilization method. Compressive strength testing of stabilized soil was investigated with various curing times of 3, 7, 14 and 28 d. Adding lime and rha to the soil causes a decrease in deformability of soil samples and gives more brittle. Influence of using rice husk ash in soil stabilization method with lime article in frontiers of earth science in china 44. A study on engineering behavior of black cotton soil and its.
The black cotton soil is known as expansive type of soil which expands suddenly and. Agricultural wastes such as sugar cane bagasse ash, rice husk ash and groundnut shell ash are used to stabilize the weak sub grade soil. Effects of ggbs on geotechnical properties of black cotton soil under the guidance of shri. Keywords black cotton soil, rice husk ash, omc, mdd, cbr. Hence it is important to study the stabilization of black cotton soil by using fly ash and lime as stabilizers and on the engineering properties of black cotton soil stabilized with fly ash lime. Addition of coconut husk ash also increases the plastic limit but reduces the plasticity index.
Doke4 1,2,3,4ug student, department of civil engineering, gesrhscoe, nashik, maharashtra, india. Soil stabilization with rice husk ash and lime sludge trid. Stabilization, alluvial soil, clay, rice husk ash, index properties, shear strength and. The location of pile tip should be decided upon based on soil profile. Full text of a study on stabilization of black cotton soil. Stabilization of black cotton soil with copper slag and. A experimental study of black cotton soil, stabilized with rice husk. Introduction in india about 20% of land is covered by black cotton soil. In combination with lime, rha improved the properties of black cotton soil significantly.
Stabilization of expansive soil with rice husk ash, lime and gypsum an experimental study koteswara rao. Plastic limit of black cotton soil was increased by 9. Stabilization of black cotton soil by using fly ash and lime. Soil stabilization using rice husk ash, lime and jute vishnu t. These soils ali m, sreenivasulu v 2004 possess volume change characteristics when they have moisture variations. Effects of coconut husk ash on stabilization of poor.
Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash and nylon fibre pallavi 1, pradeep tiwari 2, dr p d poorey 3 1 m. Geotechnical application of rice husk ash and lime admixtures. Similarly for other proportions same procedure was. Density, lime, black cotton soil, stabilization, california bearing ratiocbr. Dec 05, 2015 a study on stabilization of black cotton soil by use 2.
Study notes on black cotton soil building engineering. Stabilization of black cotton soil stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash and hdpe pavan n. Stabilization of residual soil with rice husk ash and cement e. Full text of a study on stabilization of black cotton soil by use of fly ash, ferric chloride and stone dust see other formats research inventy. Sand is added 10 % and cement is added 2 % up to 30 %. Researches on stabilization by applying rha and lime combinations were conducted in sandy soils. Both waste materials are produced in india as industrial byproducts. In this work, the black cotton soil is stabilized with sand and cement, black cotton soil is extracted from chintakommadinne area and different engineering and index properties were studied to suggest the optimum percentage of sand and cement to stabilize the expansive soil. Black cotton soil is the problematic soil that has the tendency for shrinkage or selling due to change of water content. Effect of cement replacement by rice husk ash on soft soil stabilization naphol yoobanpot and pitthaya jamsawang abstract the characteristics of soft soil improvement using cement and rice husk ash were studied. Rice husk, ash, soil stabilization jel classification. Soil stabilization with rice husk ash and lime sludge. Because rha is not selfcementitious, a hydraulic binder such a lime must be added to form cements to improve the soil strength. They are very tenacious of moisture and exceedingly sticky, when wet.
Abhijeet kumar singh 2sd11cv001 aquib nasir razi 2sd11cv009 dibyajyoti sarma 2sd11cv020 kamlesh kumar 2sd11cv031 8th semester b. Problems associated with the use of black cotton soil in india are usually caused by swelling and shrinkage on the absorption or depletion of moisture. The soil was taken from 1 meter below the ground level. Laboratory study on soil stabilization using fly ash and. Stabilization of residual soils is studied by chemically using cement and rice husk ash. Gudadappanavar assistant professor department of civil engineering presented by. Muntohar b, a department of civil engineering, university of malaya, kuala lumpur 50603, malaysia. Chavhan india the biggest handicap is to provide a complete abstract stabilization of black cotton soil bc soil is studied by using lime and fly ash.
Jul, 2017 black soils are highly argillaceous, very fine grained and dark, and contain a high proportion of calcium and magnesium carbonates. A study on stabilization of black cotton soil by use. Brooks soil stabilization with fly ash and rice husk ash international journal of research and reiew in appliedscience 2009,isnn209217 5d k soni, geotechnical engineering jounral effect of freezing thawing and wettingdrying on tensile strength of limefly ash stabilized black cotton soil. Introduction in india the soil mostly present is expansive soil which is known as black cotton soil and these form about 20% of total area of the country. Black cotton soil when comes in contact with water it either swells or. Increasing lime and rha causes a decreasing rate in soil liquid limit and plastic limit. Stabilisation of black cotton soil using admixtures pankaj r. To study soil stabilization of black cotton soil bc using. Effect of cement replacement by rice husk ash on soft soil. Muntohar and hantoro 2000, 2 had studied the stabilizing effects of rha.
Stabilization of soil using rice husk ash international journal of. Apr 10, 2015 the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of fly ash and rice husk ash to improve the performance of black cotton soil. Hence, in this investigation, the compressibility behavior of black cotton soil treated with lime and rice husk ash has been studied. Evaluation of admixture stabilization of nigeria black cotton soil. The stabilisation of the soil is therefore of importance and ways of overcoming the shrinkage and swelling characteristics are. Stabilization of soil by using rice husk ash the ijes journal. Aug 24, 2010 the results generally indicate that adding lime and rice husk ash rha causes a decrease in dry density and an increase in optimum water content. The effect of lime stabilization on properties of black cotton soil nadgouda, k. M professor graduate students 2012 department of civil engineering. The feasibility of using two industrial wastes, rice husk ash rha from a rice mill and lime sludge from a paper factory, for soil stabilisation in road construction activities, was studied.
Therefore, this study shows that coconut husk ash can be effectively used to improve lateritic soils with low cbr values but not suitable for improving soils with high liquid limit. Soil stabilization is the process which is used to improve the engineering properties of. Potentials of rice husk ash as a soil stabilizer sudipta adhikary 1. Test results show that both cement and rice husk ash reduce the plasticity of soils. Lime was weighed using weighing balance and was mixed with black cotton soil. Effect of lime and rice husk ash on engineering properties of black cotton soil international. Many researchers have studied physiochemical stabilization, by adding fly ash to the black cotton soil like cement waste dust, lime to control the swelling and plasticity index of black cotton. Laboratory study on soil stabilization using fly ash. Rice husk ash is a pozzolanic material that could be potentially used in soil stabilization,though it. Black cotton soil, fly ash, rice husk ash, spt and ucs 1. The soil from the area is collected after removing the hard top soil of depth about 70 to 100 mm. Over the times, rice husk ash is the materials used for stabilizing soils. Comparison of fly ash and rice husk ash stabilized black cotton soil, international journal of earth sciences and engineering, volume 04, no.
Soil stabilization with rice husk ash and lime sludge semantic. Stabilization of alluvial soil for subgrade using rice husk. The effect of lime stabilization on properties of black. Stabilization of black cotton soil with copper slag and rice husk ash an environmental approach. Influence of using rice husk ash in soil stabilization. The results from the experimental investigation shows that by increasing the amount of fly ash the strength properties of limefly ash stabilized soils improve. Introduction black cotton soil are found in extensive region of deccan trap in indian. The quality of black cotton soil can be improved by stabilizing it with lime. Stabilization of residual soil with rice husk ash and cement. Investigation includes the evaluation of such properties of the soil as compaction, strength, and xray diffraction. Chemical stabilization of soil using cement, lime, etc. They are of variable thickness, underlain by black sticky material known as black soil. Stabilization of black cotton soil stabilization of black. Addition of rice husk ash to the cement stabilized soil shows the significant result in cbr.