STABILIZATION OF CLAYEY SOIL WITH LIME AND REINFORCING SUBGRADES WITH PLASTIC STRIPS - Er. MANISH CHAUHAN & Er SUMIT KALRA, Paperback

• Release Date   8/3/2019
• ISBN-13   9781088602331 | 978-1-08-860233-1
• ISBN   1088602339 | 1-08-860233-9
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Er. MANISH CHAUHAN & Er SUMIT KALRA
• For any land-based structure, the foundation is very important and has to be strong to support the entire structure. In order for the foundation to be strong, the soil around it plays a very critical role. Thus we have to put a proper understanding and knowledge about the various properties of soils and the factors which affects these properties. Here, in this work, soil properties has modified with the help of randomly distributed plastic fibers. Since, soil is the basic and most commonly used material in civil engineering. Soil is used in building, highways, bricks, bridges. road rail tracks and is responsible for the stability of the structure. There are various kinds of soil available on earth. the soil is distinguished as per the material properties, size, composition, and various textures. The clay soil is a type of soil having a fine-grained natural rock that integrates one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. According to the composition of the material, the clay also has a variety of features. It is slow, fast, and difficult to accelerate and is utilized for something with fine particle size. In this research, soil stabilization is carried out to achieve the engineering properties of soil for subgrades construction. Waste plastic bottles are used in the construction of subgrade to reduce the landfill and utilize raw waste material in reinforcing the soil. Therefore, we have tried to stabilize the clay soil with the optimum percentage of quick lime (2%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%). The tests such as Maximum Dry density (MDD), California Bearing Ratio (CBR) at various percentages of plastic strips have been performed to determine the strength of the clay soil. Also, the swelling index of clay soil and the microscopic test is also performed to analyze the change in the engineering properties of soil