Abstract: The black cotton soil is known as expansive soil due to its property of swelling and expansiveness with influence of variance moisture in soil. It also shows shrinkage behavior when dried. Due to these properties the strength characteristics are also affected adversely. The black cotton soil is also widely available in all around the world which leads us to wastage of land for construction uses to resolve this problem we can replace the expansive soil by non-expansive soil which is also a costly option so in this present paper we have stabilize a soil using waste material named marble powder which is a byproduct of marble industries. For the determination of properties, we have performed atterberg’s limit test, particle size distribution by wet sieve analysis, water content test, specific gravity test, OMC and MDD test on the sample of granite powder. We have mark a great improvement in engineering properties of black cotton soil by stabilizing it with 5%, 10% and 15%, of replacement by granite powder. It also gives large decrement in swelling and shrinkage behavior of soil.
Keywords: Soil Stabilization, Granite powder , Ground improvement technique, Marble dust, Cost effective, Black Cotton Soil.
Title: SOIL STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOIL BY USING GRANITE POWDER
Author: MR .TEJAS RAVINDRA KIRPAN, MR .VINAYAK VAIJNATH KHARATMOL, MS. SRUSHTI SHAILESH NIMSE, MS. URMILA RAVINDRA KAMBALE, PROF. NIVRUTTI JADHAV
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
Vol. 12, Issue 1, April 2024 - September 2024
Page No: 38-45
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Published Date: 12-April-2024
