Stabilisation of black cotton soil using admixtures pankaj r. Lime stabilization of black cotton soil using bagasse ash. Black cotton soil stabilized with rbi grade81 for different proportions i. The effect of lime stabilization on properties of black. The locally available black cotton soil due to its high shrinkage and swelling characteristics is selected in the present study. Pdf with the increasing of population and the reduction of available land, more and more construction of buildings and other civil engineering. To study the basic properties of untreated and treated soil. Soil was stabilized with various proportions of fly ash, i. The aim is to improve the engineering properties of the black cotton soil such that the structure built on this soil can be efficiently withstanding applied loads. This research study describes the feasibility of using black cotton soil as a raw material with some additional. Stabilization of maiduguri black cotton soils of nigeria with. The black cotton soil is expansive type of soil that expand suddenly and start swelling once it comes intuned with wet.
Various researchers had tried stabilizing black cotton soil using lime, cement, fly ash, rich husk ash, etc. Cbr value increases with increases in percentage of ggbs that show the densification of soil takes place and more suitable for pavement thickness. Study notes on black cotton soil building engineering. Stabilization of black cotton soil subgrade using sawdust ash and lime. Stabilization of black cotton soil for pavement using fly ash and lime 1shubham maheshwari, 2 s. The addition of 10% ggbs to the black cotton soil increases the unconfined compressive strength by. Alternative soils or aggregates suitable for base construction are very difficult to obtain in these localities. Professor 1,2department of civil engineering 1,2samrat ashok technological instituteengineering college vidisha mp 464001. Quality assessment for stabilization of black cotton soil by using lime amruta a. Stabilization of black cotton soil using coir pith by. Laboratory studies to investigate the effect of bagasse ash ba admixture on the engineering properties of lime treated black cotton soil was carried out. However, in the case of fly ash mixed with soil, the cbr value obtained was less compared.
It is observed that value increased significantly after addition of lime content. Quality assessment for stabilization of black cotton soil by. Dr pgh cet, bijapur, karnataka 586103, india 2civil engg, v. Soil stabilization by using lime international journal of. The raw data was processed using proprietary instrument software and icdd pdf 24. Numan is located at latitude 9o2910n and longitude 12o 0236e of the nigerian geographical map. This type of soil contains pure clay particles with about 85100 percentages passing through 75 micron sieve. They are very tenacious of moisture and exceedingly sticky, when wet. When mixed with black cotton soils, it reacts chemically and forms cementitious compounds. In my research work stabilization of black cotton soil is done by using lime as an admixture. Studies on stabilization of black cotton soil using lime irjet. List of projects related to soil engineering 1 lime flyash soil blocks 2 plastic as soil stabilizer 3 study on soilcement blocks.
This work involves stabilization of black cotton soils from northeastern nigeria with sodium silicate. The black cotton soil which is determined for the basic properties are classified according to is and hrb classification using the attenberg. Studies on stabilization of black cotton soil using lime. Stabilization of black cotton soil using envirobase and sodium silicate with lime pramod kilabanur, tanveer ahmad, dorothy bhagabati, nitesh kumar, yasaswini s. Stabilization of black cotton soil using salts and their. They are of variable thickness, underlain by black sticky material known as black soil. Jul 15, 2017 black cotton soils also called regur soils are generally clayey, deep and impermeable.
These soils expand and become sticky during rainy season and contract during the dry season causing deep cracks into the soil. It exhibits low bearing capacity, low permeability and high volume change due to. Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash as an admixture. Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash and nylon fibre pallavi1, pradeep tiwari2, dr p d poorey3 1m. It this present study stabilization of black cotton soil has been carries out using lime. The soil from the area is collected after removing the hard top soil of depth about 70 to 100 mm. Pdf studies on stabilization of black cotton soil using. Cotton does not grow well on soil thats red or brownishyellow on the surface with red clay underneath. For determination of atterbergs limits, 100 grams of black cotton soil sample was weighed passing 425 micron sieve.
Stabilization of black cotton soil with lime and iron ore. Pdf the design foundation on black cotton soil expansive soil has always been a difficult task for the engineers as the structure resting on. Sep 28, 2016 the addition of 40% ggbs to the black cotton soil increases the cbr strength by 67% approximately. Stabilization occurs when lime is added to black cotton soil and a pozzolanic reaction takes place.
Behavior of black cotton soil after stabilization with marble powder sachin n. Introduction the black cotton soil is a type of expansive soil with high plasticity and can retain moisture throughout the dry season which is why they are valuable for growing crops. Studies on black cotton soil stabilization using rbi grade 81. Black cotton soil is classified as a76 or ch respectively. Full text of a study on stabilization of black cotton. Study of stabilization of black cotton soil using lime. Abstract urbanisation and growth in the economy of tier2.
Pdf analysis of engineering properties of black cotton. Practical problems of highway construction in black cotton. The hydrated lime reacts with the clay particles and. Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash as an.
Many admixture like flyash ggbs and many other admixtures are used to improve the geo technical properties of black cotton soil. Lime stabilization of black cotton soil using bagasse ash as. A laboratory study on the stabilization of black cotton soil bcs with up to 8% lime admixed with up to 10% iron ore tailing iot by dry weight of soil compacted with british standard light, bsl energy relative compaction 100% was carried out to establish the soil improving potential of the lime iot blend. Optimum moisture content of soil is added in preparing the samples. The test results has been shown that there is an improvement in strength properties of soil and also decrease in plasticity index. Stabilization of black cotton soil by using fly ash and lime. Alternative soils or aggregates suitable for base construction are very difficult to obtain in. Project report on soil stabilization using lime and fly ash free download as word doc. A reaction takes place between hydrated lime and clay particles and resulting in formation of permanent strong cementation matrix. The present work aims at determines the optimum percentage of sand and cement addition to the black cotton soil in improving the strength. The collection of the sample was done through disturbed sampling method using the hand carved sample method. Pdf study of stabilization of black cotton soil using lime. Cotton planted in heavy clay soil risks infestation by boll weevils. Various geotechnical properties of virgin black cotton soil and contaminated black cotton soil contaminated black cotton soil properties of soil virgin black.
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of fly ash in stabilization of black cotton soil. The property of these expansive soils, in general, is that they are very hard when in dry state, but they lose all of their strength when in wet state. Comparison of brick made from black cotton soil with various admixture to the normal brick. The lake chad basin is an extensive quaternary lacustrine deposit of black clay soils. You can grow cotton in poor garden soil, but vary what you plant from time to time. The location of pile tip should be decided upon based on soil profile. Laboratory investigations show that this soil consists of abundant proportions of montmorillonite and generally poses a major problem for civil engineering construction due to high volume changes. Stabilization of black cotton soil using envirobase. Experimental work has been carried out with 3% and 5% of lime content.
The quality of black cotton soil can be improved by stabilizing it with lime. A study on engineering behavior of black cotton soil and its. Characteristics of black cotton soil with cement dust and lime 3,6 bc soil is considered as a very poor type of soil having black colour with very fine grain. Regrettably, little emphasis has been placed on this property of. Tech presentation on experimental investigation, on high expensive black cotton soil by using phosphogypsum, lime and fly ash submitted by shelendra kumar 12mumfctd001 guided by. Lime is added to black cotton soil and stabilization takes place by virtue of pozzolanic reaction.
Buy improvement of black cotton soil properties using byproducts and lime book online at best prices in india on. One of such properties is the compressibility of the soil. Cement limemodified black cotton soil bc soil is a mix that generally contains less than 5 per cent cement by volume. Soil with a high content of expansive minerals can form a deep crack in drier season. Stabilization stabilization of of of black black black. Introduction black cotton soil are found in extensive region of deccan trap in indian. Black cotton soil article about black cotton soil by the.
Most of the area in the central region covered with the black cotton soil. Pdf stabilization of black cotton soil using lime researchgate. 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 ashlime. Engineering properties of black cotton soil modified with fly ash and cement jaya prakash babu. The addition of 40% ggbs to the black cotton soil increases the cbr strength by 67% approximately. Black cotton soils also called regur soils are generally clayey, deep and impermeable.
Feb 03, 2016 stabilization of black cotton soil using coir pith raziya banu, lohith h g, md danish ali, ramya h n department of civil engineering, channabasaveshwara institute of technology, tumkur, india. The ucs of black cotton soilfly ash mixes is found to be at its maximum at 20% fly ash content and thereafter decreases with further increases in fly ash content. Full text of a study on stabilization of black cotton soil. Chavhan india the biggest handicap is to provide a complete abstractstabilization of black cotton soil bc soil is studied by using lime and fly ash. Dr pgh cet, bijapur, karnataka 586103, india abstract.
Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash and nylon fibre. Atterberg limits tested in laboratory is tabulated in table1. Stabilisation of black cotton soils using fly ash, hubballi. Buy improvement of black cotton soil properties using by. Stabilization of black cotton soil using envirobase and sodium silicate with lime pramod kilabanur, tanveer ahmad, dorothy bhagabati, nitesh kumar, yasaswini s abstract. The black cotton soils pose many problems in construction. Study of geotechnical properties of black cotton soil. Black soil is also known as black cotton soil as cotton is an important crop which is grown in this type of soil.
Over the past few decades, stabilization is found to be the best technique for reducing the swelling and shrinkage nature of black cotton soil. Black cotton soil samples were collected from three locations within the studied area and their natural geotechnical properties determined in. Stabilization of black cotton soil for pavement using fly ash. The optimization of lime have been done by adding various percentages of lime to the black cotton soil and fly ash mixture based on the various test results, it was found that 3% lime is optimum for expansive black cotton soil. Quality assessment for stabilization of black cotton soil. Augmenting the properties of black cotton soil using additives. Black soils are highly argillaceous, very fine grained and dark, and contain a high proportion of calcium and magnesium carbonates. Black cotton soil is highly notorious for its negative effect on engineering construction either as a sub grade material or material under the foundation of buildings. The effect of lime stabilization on properties of black cotton soil nadgouda, k. Density, lime, black cotton soil, stabilization, california bearing ratiocbr. Pdf stabilization of black cotton soil using bagasse ash. A study on stabilization of black cotton soil by use of fly ash, ferric chloride and stone. Stabilization of black cotton soil using lime article pdf available in international journal of science and research ijsr june 2015 with 6,322 reads how we measure reads. Black cotton soil samples were collected from three locations within the studied area and their natural geotechnical properties determined in the laboratory.
Stabilization of black cotton soil for pavement using fly. Stabilization stabilization of of of black black black cotton soil by using lime and cotton soil by using lime and recron fibersrecron fibers sunilakumar biradar 1, shivaraj biradar 2, a. Comparison of brick made from black cotton soil with various. Black cotton soil when comes in contact with water it either swells or. Abstract around 20% area of our country and also more or less the world, at large, is covered with swelling soil. A study on stabilization of black cotton soil by use of fly ash. Cbr values increased with lime content, for black cotton soil. P assistant professor nalanda institute of engineering and technology. Basic laboratory tests attenbergs limit, compaction, cbr, were carried out on black cotton soil sample to determine the basic properties of soil sample. Behavior of black cotton soil after stabilization with.
This soil is rich in calcium carbonate, potash, lime and magnesium carbonate but. A study on engineering behavior of black cotton soil and. Similarly for other proportions same procedure was. Portland cement or lime and black cotton soil bc soil mixed at the proper moisture content has been used to build stabilized bases under concrete pavements for highways expressways and air fields. Stabilization of black cotton soil using coir pith raziya banu, lohith h g, md danish ali, ramya h n department of civil engineering, channabasaveshwara institute of technology, tumkur, india. Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash as an admixture sureshnaik jatavathu m. Engineering properties of black cotton soil modified with fly. Tech scholar nalanda institute of engineering and technology.
The engineering properties of the soil are adversely affected by the extreme poor nature of the soil. Project report on soil stabilization using lime and fly. Characteristics of black cotton soil with cement dust and lime3,6 bc soil is considered as a very poor type of soil having black colour with very fine grain. Strengthening black cotton soil with fly ash and moorum. The black cotton soil is known as expansive soil due to its property of swelling and expansiveness with influence of variance moisture. International journal of engineering and science vol. Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash and nylon. Stabilization of maiduguri black cotton soils of nigeria. Stabilization stabilization of of of black black black cotton. Comparison of brick made from black cotton soil with.
Jul, 2017 black soils are highly argillaceous, very fine grained and dark, and contain a high proportion of calcium and magnesium carbonates. Black cotton soils article about black cotton soils by. Lime was weighed using weighing balance and was mixed with black cotton soil. Stabilization of black cotton soil using fly ash and nylon fibre pallavi 1, pradeep tiwari 2, dr p d poorey 3 1 m. The soil from the area is collected after removing the hard topsoil of depth about 70 to 100 mm. 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. The results obtained show that the moisture density. 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.
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. Unconfined compressive strength california bearing ratio test cbr test is carried out on black cotton soil sample with different percentages of lime. Engineering properties of black cotton soil modified with. So in this present work, the black soil collected from chintakommadinne mandal has been stabilized by using sand and cement. Patel 2 1shankersinh vaghela bapu institute of technology, unava, gandhinagar382650, gujarat, india abstract. The effect of lime stabilization on properties of black cotton soil. Stabilization is one of the method of ground improvement techniques. Stabilization of black cotton soil using lime international journal.
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