International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE)
ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-2, July 2019
2574
Published By:
Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering
& Sciences Publication
Retrieval Number: B1834078219/19©BEIESP
DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1834.078219
Abstract: Stabilization of clay soil has been carried out for
improving its engineering properties of soil. To stabilize the
clayey soil use Brick Kiln Dust of and waste Coir Fibre, an
experiment is conducted to evaluate the properties of soil mixing
with 10%, 20% &30% percentage of Brick Kiln Dust and Coir
Fibre contents of 0.5%, 0.75% and 1.0% by weight of soil sample
and then the tests are performed. Tests conducted for clayey soil
mixed with Brick Kiln Dust and Coir Fibre are Liquid Limit,
Plastic Limit, Compaction (OMC & MDD), and California
Bearing Ratio (CBR). Flexible pavements sections were degined
for non-stabilized and stabilized subgrades to be standard axles
traffic intensities. The preamble of brick kiln dust and coir fiber
is analyzed to improve the features of expansion subgrade
materials and other sub-base materials. Also design the thickness
of pavement when it is stabilized with optimized brick kiln dust
and coir fiber. The results reveal that CBR value increased with
increase of Brick Kiln Dust and Coir fibre. The soil stabilization
treatment significantly improved the engineering properties of
the soil, and reduced the pavement thickness and also cost of the
project.
Index Terms: Soil stabilization, Brick Kiln Dust, waste Coir
Fibre CBR Test,
I. INTRODUCTION
Clayey soil is made up of very small particles usually
consisting of silicates of aluminum and/or iron and
magnesium. In clayey soil the flow of water is mostly
obstructed, as the clayey soil is known for absorbing water
very slowly and retaining it for a long time. The main
property of the clayey soil is that it starts to swell up in wet
condition and shrinks in dry condition[1].
According to geotechnical engineering, soil stabilization
can be defined as the process of improving one or more
chemical and mechanical characteristics of the soil which is
useful in various engineering applications. The other
definition for stabilization of soil can be termed as, the
technique of mixing the soil with different stabilizers in
suitable amount so as to eliminate any change in volume,
Thereby, improving the physical and chemical properties of
the soil. The use of stabilizers for soil stabilization is not a
new concept; in the past it has been reported to have used
different varieties of additive materials too such plant saps,
animal dung, natural oils, lime (Khandakerand Hossain,
2011)[2].
Revised Manuscript Received on July 06, 2019.
Rizwan Khan, M.E. student, National Institute of Technical Teachers
Training and Research, Sector 26, Chandigarh, 160019,
Vinod Kumar Sonthwal, Associate Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and
Research, Sector 26, Chandigarh, 160019
Another important characteristics of the soil is that it
significantly changes its volume with respect to the variation
in the content of the water; these phenomena commonly
referred to as expansive clay. During monsoon, water
absorption is very quick causing it to swell while during
summer they shrink due to evaporation of water. Due to this
alternating characteristics of swelling and shrinkage, it
becomes fatal for different structures which are usually
constructed on such expansive soil. Hence immediate
solution for the optimization of such clay soil is vital for the
safety and to further prevents cracking of the structures. For
improvement of such soil, different methods such as
modifications or stabilization procedure is performed. In soil
stabilization, different admixtures such as lime, fly ash, rice
husk, cement, geogrids or goemembranes etc. are used for
soil reinforcement. There has also been report of successful
implementation of stabilizations used in clay soils using
various additives too. One of them is adding brick dust with
highly compressive clay soil for enhancing the strength of
the soil.
Kumar et al.(2016)used brick dust(5%, 10%, 15%, 20%,
25%) blended with lime(3%,6%,9%) as a stabilizing
ingredients to stabilize the soil. It was noticed that the
admixture is added with soil the values Optimum Moisture
Content (OMC) gradually decreased. The maximum
reduction of 6% and 25 % in OMC was establish for lime
and brick dust respectively. Optimum value was found of
maximum dry density and unconfined compressive strength
to be at 6% lime & 25 % brick dust. It was concluded that
by combining lime and brick dust, there was an effect of
maximum improvement in strength properties, as compared
to that of using either lime or brick dust individually [3].
Pokale et al. (2015) studied the shear characteristics of the
soil by using an admixture of 30% brick dust. When the
brick dust was added, the Moisture content and swelling
index of black cotton soil starts to decrease but up to a
certain limit. It was also observed that, when the soil sample
is being replaced with 30% brick dust, an improvement in
UCS was obtained [4]. Neha Pundir et al. (2017) conducted
an experiment to stabilize the clayey soil and evaluate the
properties of soil blending with different percentage of 10%,
20%, 30%, 40% and 50% of Burnt Brick Dust by weight.
Various tests were performed for clayey soil and soil, mixed
with Burnt Brick Dust, and observed that by mixing the
clayey soil with Burnt Brick Dust, the properties of the soil
have been improved drastically[5].
Ishfaq Ahmad Lone et al. (2018) had studied that CBR
value of the soil can be increased by adding Coir fibre and
Fly Ash. With increase in coir
fibre contents and fly ash, it
resulted in further increase of
Soil Stabilization using Brick Kiln Dust and
waste Coir Fibre
Rizwan Khan, Vinod Kumar Sonthwal