SEMINAR REPORT

ON
"USE OF SEWAGE IN PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION"

Submitted in partial fulfillment of

the requirements for the award of the
Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering
Of the University of Kerala

Submitted By
BHADRA.J

Under the guidance of

Prof. Anil.R

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
TRIVANDRUM-16
2014-18
Contents

Sl. No. Title Pg.No.

1. Introduction 1
2. Study on the report "Potential Uses Of Sewage Sludge in 2
Highway Construction"
2.1 Materials 2
2.2 Testing Program 2
2.3 Compaction Tests 3
2.4 California Bearing ratio test 3
2.5 Unconfined compressive strength test 4
2.6 Indirect Tensile Strength
2.7 Resilient Modulus Test 4
2.8 Deterioration Test 5
2.9 Heavy Metals Determination in soil sample 5
2.10 Results
2.10.1 Standard Proctor Test 6-8 List Of Tables
2.10.2 CBR Test 9
2.10.3 Unconfined compression Test 10
2.10.4 Indirect Tensile Strength Test 11
Sl.2.10.5
No Resilient Modulus Test Title Pg. No
12
1. 2.10.6 Deterioration Test Properties of soil and sewage 4
14
2.10.7 Heavy Metals Determinationsludge
in the Soil Samples 16
2. 2.11 Inference Design resilient modulus values 7
17
for particular range of ESAL's
3. A study on the report "Some strategies for reusing
residues from waste water treatment
3. Unconfined compressive 12
plants: Preparation of Binding Materials.
strength for mixtures of soil
3.1 Materials 18
sewage sludge with additives
3.2 Characteristics of Sewage Sludge Pellets (SSP) 18
4. Indirect tensile strengths for soil- 13
3.3 SSP in concrete manufacturing
sewagefor pavements
mixture with additives 19
3.4
5. Inference Maximum allowable values in 20
19
4. Conclusion the extract from leaching test 21
5.
6. References Maximum allowable values in 22
19
the extract from solubilization
test
7. Chemical composition of SSP 20
8. Mix design for concrete 21
pavements
List Of Figures

Sl. No. Title Pg.No.

1. Compaction curve for mixture of 9
soil sewage sludge with cement.
2. Compaction curve for mixture of 9
soil sewage sludge with emulsion
3. Compaction curve for mixture of 10
soil sewage sludge with lime
4. Effect of additives in CBR values 11
for the sewage sludge
5. Percentage of residual moisture 14
of the soil specimen with respect
to the moisture used in
compaction
6. Resilient Modulus for 15
wastewater sludge mixtures
7. The LWT results with pure soil 17
and mixture of soil with
wastewater sludge and mixture
of soil with wastewater sludge
and 1% bitumen
8. The WTAT test results for 18
wastewater sludge
9. Flexural strength for concrete 20
 pavement (prismatic specimen)

10. Compressive strength for 21

concrete pavements (prismatic
and cylindrical)