STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF CLAYEY SOIL STABILIZED WITH LIME AND GGBF SLAG
| Author(s) | : | Ankit D.Adwani, Alpa J. Shah |
| Institution | : | PG Student, Applied Mechanics Department, L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 4 — April 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 911-916 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Rapid industrialization and urbanization has made it mandatory to carry out construction activities on lowbearing soils, which needs to improve the engineering performance of soils. Modification with Portland cement and limebeing costlier increases the overall cost of the project and also cause severe environmental hazards. The aim of thisresearch work is to study the suitability of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) with lime as a stabilizer ofsoil. Use of this blend may develop new opportunities to improve the engineering properties of the soil. For the currentresearch work, low plastic clayey soil sample was collected from Sanand region of Gujarat, India. The optimum limecontent was determined as 5% by dry weight of soil using Eades and Grim’s pH method. The GGBF Slag replaces limein proportion of Lime:GGBF Slag ratio of 5:0, 4:1, 3:2, 2:3, 1:4 and 0:5.Based on unconfined Compressive Strengthresults, it has been observed that the Lime can be successfully replaced by GGBF Slag up to 60%.
Ankit D.Adwani, Alpa J. Shah, “STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF CLAYEY SOIL STABILIZED WITH LIME AND GGBF SLAG”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 911-916, April 2018.
