“SOIL STABILIZATION BY USING TERRAZYME IN

ROAD CONSTRUCTION”

A Project Report Submitted for the Partial Fulfillment of the requirement

For the award of degree

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING

PRESENTED BY:

SRI SURYA VILLA – 18221A0148

PAWAN VAMSI GANDHAM – 18221A0112
MANIKANTA KUMAR MANNE – 18221A0125
NAGA SUBRAMANYAM UNDRU – 18221A0146

Under the Esteemed Guidance of

Mr. ANYAM RAMBABU M.TECH, MBA, ph.d

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

PANCHAYAT RAJ ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PIU SUB-DIVISION

AMALAPURAM
 BONAM VENKATA CHALAMAYYA ENGINEERING
COLLEGE
(Approved by A.I.C.T.E, New Delhi and Affiliated to J.N.T.U.K, Accredited by NBA,Accredited
by NAAC with “A” Grade)
Odalarevu-533210

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that this work entitled “SOIL STABILIZATION BY

USING TERRAZYME IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION” is a bonafied
work carried by Sri Surya Villa(18221A0148), Pawan vasmi
Gandham(18221A0148), Manikanta kumar Manne(18221A0148), and
Naga Subramanyam Undru(18221A0148) for the partial fulfilling of the
requirement for the award of degree Bachelor of Technology in Civil
Engineering during a period between 2018-2022)

Project Guide Head of the Department

ANYAM RAMBABU Mr. G.S.V.KARUNA SRI
Deputy Executive officer
 BONAM VENKATA CHALAMAYYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Approved by A.I.C.T.E, New Delhi and Affiliated to J.N.T.U.K, Accredited by NAAC
with “A” Grade)
Odalarevu-533210

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

The project work entitled “SOIL STABILIZATION BY USING

TERRAZYME IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION” has been examined and evaluated
by the following board of Examiner on ........ April 2022.

External Examiner

Project Guide Principal and HOD

ANYAM RAMBABU Mr. G.S.V.KARUNA SRI
Deputy Executive officer
 Abstract
The growth of population has created for better and economical vehicular operations, which
require good highways. Sub-base is a main part of road pavement structure, which act as a
stress transmitting medium and spread the wheel load in such a manner that it prevents shear
and consolidated deformation. There is an urgent need for the development of new technique
which improves the geotechnical properties of the sub-base soil. Red gravel being a widely
available soil in East Godavari is used for this study. Even though this soil exhibit
satisfactory strength and permeability characteristics it can undergo property changes during
construction, in which gradation being considered as most sensitive. So an attempt is made to
stabilize the soil with readily available bio-enzyme, which will be highly beneficial for
engineers. Terrazyme, a bio-enzyme is a material which drastically improve the properties of
the soil, is eco-friendly and economical for long run. This project deals with the study of the
effect of Red gravel, collected from Rajamundry of East Godavari district, was mixed with
Terrazyme for different dosages and different curing period. It was found that with time
Terrazyme have significant impact on improving Unconfined compressive strength (UCC)
and California bearing ratio (CBR) values of the soil.

Keywords—Soil Stabilization; Terrazyme; Laterite soil; CBR;

 Introduction
The strength and shear characteristics of the pavement are essential for the good quality of
the road.It promotes for the social, economic, cultural development of the country. Most of the
areas in Andhra Pradesh are found with laterite soil. But researchers have found that this soil
do not satisfy the conventional requirement for the highway material [1]. So it is essential to
stabilize the soil. The process of increasing the durability and strength of soil is called soil
stabilization. The main aim of this study is to effectively stabilize the locally available
material in the most cost reducing manner. There are many stabilizing agents available like
Renolith, Permazyme, Fujibeton. Among these Terrazyme is used in the study. It is a
noncorrosive, non-toxic, inflammable liquid which enhances the soil properties and improve
the strength and compaction properties. In this study initially virgin soil is tested for the basic
properties and then the enzymatic soil is tested for unconfined compressive strength (UCC),
Proctor test and California bearing ratio test (CBR) as shown in figure 1.

Experimental investigation

Virgin Soil Enzyme mixed soil

Basic UCC CBR

propertie
s
 Materials used
Terrazyme is a brown clear liquid which is organic in nature and is formulated using fruit
and vegetable extract [2]. The effect of terrazyme is due to the enzymatic reaction on the soil
taking place between clay and organic cat-ion and forming a protective coating around clay
particles and making clay particle water repellent. Since cationic interexchange take place, it
reduces the thickening of absorbed layer [3]. It helps in reducing the void in the soil and thereby
achieving maximum compaction. It improves the load bearing capacity of soil as well as reduce
the pavement thickness and maintenance cost [2].The terrazyme is obtained from Government
of Andhra Pradesh. The basic properties of A Terrazyme as from manufacture’s information
is listed below in table no.1

Table1. Properties of Terrazyme

Property Value
Specific gravity 1.05
pH value 3.50
Appearance Dark brown
Total dissolved salts 19.7ppm
Hazardous content None
Boiling point 212˚F
Evaporation rate Same as water
Solubility in water Complete
Reactivity data Stable

Laterite soil
Soil is collected from Rajahmundry, East Godavari district .This type of soil is widely
available in region of Aluva and greatly used for road construction. Even though this soil
has a tendency to achieve strength with time, literature studies showed that these soil could
exhibit higher strength characteristic upon stabilization
Methodology
One of the significant problems that have faced when discussing soft soils is adsorbed water around
the soil particles. Terrazyme is capable of reducing or eliminating the thickness of the adsorbed
water layer present in the soil. It can increase the cohesive property of the soil and compaction
behaviour of the soil. The tendency to penetrate water through the voids were reduced, and the
swelling-shrinkage response also gets reduced in the presence of terrazyme . Conceiving the
above concept of Raul Velasquez, Marasteanu, and Ray Hozalski (2005), a schematic
representation of the process is illustrated in Figures 8 and 9. Figure 9 shows the mechanism
behind the effect of terrazyme on the reduction of adsorbed water layer thickness.
With the addition of a particular amount of terrazyme into the soil (negatively charged
colloidal particles of fine-grained soil), a change in the adsorbed water layer surrounding the
clay particles occurs. The adsorbed water contains metal ions with a positive charge such as
sodium, potassium, aluminium, magnesium, etc. Primarily water molecules are dissociated into
hydrogen ions (+) and hydroxyl ions (-), the former may again combine with water molecules
to form hydronium ions, as shown in Figure 8. The positive charges from hydronium ions (+)
or hydroxyl ions (-) combine with positively charged metal ions present in adsorbed water.
Reduction in the electric charge of water molecules, pressure from negatively charged ions on
positively charged metal ions in adsorbed water were observed due to the effect of Terrazyme
addition. The metal ions are forced to move towards the free water from the adsorbed water
layer and thereby break down of the electrostatic barrier occurs. The metal ions moved to the
free water can be reduced or removed due to washing off/evaporation. This process will make
the soil structure to a more friable matrix with an adsorbed water layer of thinner one.
Construction procedure
Step-1
Scarifying the soil suface

Step-2
Calculating the quantity of enzyme
Step-3
Adding enzyme and spraying it into the soil

Step-4
Mixing soil, metal and enzymes
Step-5
Levels and camber and rolling the treated surface

Step-6
Finished road surface
 Conclusion;
• Usage of terrazyme increases strength of soil which is
known by the increase in CBR values.
• Terrazyme is a non-toxic and biodegradable liquid. It’s eco-
friendly and does not pose any harm to the user.
• It’s an ideal solution for quality roads with a cost saving
feature.
• It decreases the soil permeability and makes soil water
resistance.