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Comparision of Red Soil and Stabilised Black Cotton Soil With M Sand
Comparision of Red Soil and Stabilised Black Cotton Soil With M Sand
Comparision of Red Soil and Stabilised Black Cotton Soil With M Sand
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Student Channabasaveshwara Institute Of Technology ,Gubbi ,Tumkur 5
Asst. Professor Dept. of Civil Engineering,Gubbi,Tumkur
ABSTRACT
The preliminary characteristics of black cotton soil is which possess poor shear strength with
high swelling & shrinkage, thus the behaviour of the soil under the application of loads can be altered
by changing its physical & engineering properties. When the black cotton soil is exposed to variation
in climate conditions leads to increase or decrease in swelling & shrinkage ratio, these variations
can be minimized by admixtures manufactured sand (M sand). The present study deals with
evaluation of physical & engineering properties of black cotton soil which is mixed with admixtures
in varying proportions & the results are tabulated by comparing it with standard codes & practices.
The experimental study also revealed that with the increase of percentage of M sand there is an
increase in maximum dry density values where as there is considerable reduction in optimum
moisture content for the given soil by conducting standard proctor test also with the conduction of
CBR test by varying the percentage of admixture like M sand in the soil mix, there is a gradual
increase in the CBR values with the increase in percentage of stabilizers.
INTRODUCTION
the bearing capacity of the soil & to provide more stability to the soil in embankment construction
leads to increase in workability & durability.
Soil stabilization is also done for soil water-proofing thus preventing water from entering into the soil
layers & also used to prevent erosion of soil in dry and arid weather conditions. By stabilizing the
existing soil layer, cost associated with excavation of the existing soil, removing it from the site and
replacing it with suitable materials can be eliminated. In areas where replacement of existing material
is problematic mainly due to the location of site in a remote area where aggregate supply is cost
prohibitive to import, soil stabilization becomes a cost effective alternative.
M Sand
Manufactured sand is a substitute of river for construction purposes sand produced from hard
granite stone crushing. The crushed sand is cubical shape with grounded edges, was greeted to as
a construction material. The size of M sand is less than 4.75mm sieve, sand used for the work is
clean and coarse sand passing though 4.75mm sieve was oven dried for 24hrs to eliminate sand’s
moisture before the conduction of tests.
MATERIALS
Black cotton soil is collected from outer skirts of Gwalior city on Behind road. Samples are collected
from layer below 200mm depth by excavating pits of 1.50 m x 1.50 m size. The collected soil is
passed through 600 micron sieve after drying and pulverization, in the laboratory.
METHODOLOGY
As per the literature review works are carried out in laboratory
As the black cotton soil is results in volumetric changes when came in contact with water, m
sand is used as an admixture to overcome this problem.
Some of the experimental test are to be conducted in laboratory by mixing the black cotton soil
with adequate amount of m sand and for the red soil are listed below
● Specific gravity
● Liquid limit
● Plastic limit
0.500
20%
0.400 msand
0.300
30%
0.200 msand
0.100 black
cotton
0.000
soil
0.0000 0.0500 0.1000
Axial strain
BC SOIL
0.024
0.200
0.150
0.100 Black
cotton soil
0.050
0.000
0.000 0.020 0.040
Axial strain
U C S For undrained
0.450
0.400
0.350 20%
0.300 msand
0.250 30%
0.200 msand
0.150
black
0.100
cotton soil
0.050
0.000 40%
0.0000 0.0500 0.1000 msand
Axial strain
With the use of M sand in Black Cotton Soil, there will be change in Index properties. It may
further leads towards stabilization of soil. With the help of this stabilization of soil, pavements can
be designed economically such that sub-base thickness can be reduced with varying percentage of
M sand.
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