Overview. The purpose of this chapter is to identify, either by reference or explicitly herein, appropriate methods of soil and rock property assessment, and how to use that soil and rock property data to establish the final soil and rock parameters to be used for geotechnical design. The final properties to be used for design should be based ...
[Show full abstract] of the Quarry Dust (range of 10:10:50) and Cement (ranging from 2:2:10) led to a general improvement in the engineering properties of the soil. At the increase in the ...
Test results showed that the utilization of quarry dust as a co-additive significantly improved the strength and durability of the soil and reduced the shrink-swell potential to a greater extent ...
When clay soil was stabilized with granite dust, the plastic nature of the soil decreased with the increase in the granite dust dosage, leading to failure. The presence of a binding material prevented failure …
dust in soil stabilization is to improve engineering properties of soil. Quarry dusts are considered as one of the well accepted as well as cost effective ground improvement for the stabilization of weak soil deposits. When quarry dust is added with expansive soil it is expected that it will make it more porous, less durable, reduce cohesion ...
The clay minerals present in the lateritic soil were identified using X-ray diffraction technique while the mineral oxide composition of quarry dust was done using X-ray fluorescent technique.
This study was carried using finite element software (Plaxis) in studying the Engineering behavior of erodible soil-quarry dust composite at a proportion of 50% quarry dust and 10% cement.
For this study it is identified that the engineering properties of the soil is improved in all conditions. The soil with quarry dust at optimum value is 20% has CBR soaked value is obtained 6.83% and un-soaked value is obtained 7.02% is increased when compared with conventionally soil. The soil, quarry dust at
Quarry Dust +5% Cement combined with Deltaic Marine Clay. Proctor Compaction Test Figure 4: Graph summary of compaction characteristics of deltaic marine clay at 0% quarry dust and cement combination.
and cohesion properties of expansive clay–quarry dust mixes. The unconfined compressiv e strength as well as the maximum dry density increases up to 85% soil + 15% quarry dust proportion.
Three different types of admixtures i.e., class F fly ash, bagasse ash, and quarry dust are used in this study to evaluate the effectiveness of these admixtures on problematic subgrade material with respect to strength properties after geopolymerization (Fig. 1).Alkaline activators like sodium silicate (Na 2 SiO 3) and sodium hydroxide …
3.1.1 Soil: Marine Clay. It is collected from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Maharashtra State, India, at approximately 50–60 m from the banks of the Uran River at a depth of 3–3.5 m. ... Effect of quarry dust on engineering properties of black cotton soil. IJIRST 2(11), April. Google Scholar Muthu Kumar M, Tamolarizine VS (2015 ...
The influence of quarry dust on unconfined compressive strength of expansive clay is given in Fig. 10a. The addition of quarry dust to the expansive soil and mixing along with water followed by 24 hours curing may lead to initiation of pozzolanic reaction and the formation of cementitious … See more
Nowadays, considerable attention has been paid to the utilization of alternative materials, which bear higher engineering quality than traditional materials and are financially affordable. Soil is one of the most important materials used in a variety of construction projects including earth canals and earth dams. The fact that soil may provide all the …
Geotechnical characterization of quarry dust and its interaction behavior …
The research also consists of physical and mechanical properties of the fired clay bricks by utilizing quarry dust waste. Brick was manufactured by incorporating different percentages of quarry ...
Compaction and CBR Properties of Cement Stabilised Clay-Quarry Dust Mixtures. …
Quarry dust used for treating expansive clay for road foundation was found to inhibit the swelling properties of clay and an economical for natural soil stabilization for road construction [23]. ...
Dhanya, P., Ramya, K., "Strength characteristics of Kuttanad soil treat ed with quarry dust ", International Journal of Advanced Res earch Trends in Engineering and Technology, vol. 23(3), 2016.
Suitability of Black Cotton (Clay) Soil Stabilized with Cement And Quarry Dust for Road Bases and Foundations Akanbi, D.O. 1 and Job, F.O. 2 1 Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, Ota, Ogun state Professor of Building, Department of Building, University of Jos, Nigeria 2 ABSTRACT Black cotton (clay) soils majorly found in the …
When quarry dust is added with expansive soil it is expected that it will make it more porous, less durable, reduce cohesion etc. The main objective of this paper is to determine the improvement in engineering properties of clayey soil under varying percentage of ESP and QD. An improvement in the strength properties of soil by addition of ESP
The main objective of this investigation is to present the variations in index and engineering properties of expansive soil such as liquid limit, plastic limit, compaction characteristics, CBR and shear strength parameters when it is mixed with different percentages of Quarry dust (0, 5 and 10%) and Ferric chloride by dry weight of soil. …
The soil with quarry dust at optimum value is 20% has CBR soaked value is obtained …
Optimum percentage is added to soil with quarry dust in a good manner. 3.1.1 Compaction. Optimum values of soil is added with 0, 5, 10, 15, 20% quarry dust. The compaction also playsd a role to maintain relationship between the stress and strain . It gives high MDD by adding 20% of quarry dust with soil samples, and it was given in …
From the experimental results, addition of the Quarry dust to the soil reduces the clay content and thus increases the percentage of coarser particles, reduces the Liquid limit by 26.86% and plasticity index by 28.48% of unmodified soil and OMC of soil is decreased by 36.71%, Maximum dry density of soil is increased by 5.88% by addition of (40% ...
The test results for as Atterberg's limit, compaction characteristics, differential Free …
This is attributed to the increase in MDD of soil with increase in fly ash-quarry dust percentage. The prediction model is developed for the change in CBR value with addition of different ...
The lithomargic clay constitutes an important group of residual soils existing under lateritic soils. This soil is found on the western and eastern coasts of India over large areas. This soil is a problematic one and is very sensitive to water and loses a greater part of its strength when becomes saturated. These high silt deposits have invited many problems …