STABILIZATION OF SOIL USING CEMENT AND BALE STRAW
| Author(s) | : | Asad Khan, Muhammad Adil, Afnan Ahmad, Raza Hussain, Haider Zaman |
| Institution | : | University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 9 — September 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 44-49 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
In developing countries, raw earth used as a construction material is the most cost effective, easily handledand abundantly available ingredient for housing construction. Mud construction have a great affinity for water but it isbadly affected when intercourse with water. In order to make the earthen buildings water resistant and durable, differentstabilizers such as cement, lime, fly ash etc. are widely used. This research aimed at finding out the 28 days compressivestrength of locally available soil stabilizer with cement and reinforced with bale straw in different percentage. For thispurpose soil sample (taken from Zangali, Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa) is stabilized with 10% cement by dry weight of soiland reinforced with bale straw. Different samples were tested varying bale straw percentage from 1% to 4% by dryweight of soil keeping the cement content up to 10% in all samples except the controlled samples. Tests were conductedon these samples revealing a decreased in compressive strength using 10% stabilizer and 1% straw bale while anincrease in compressive strength have been observed when more straw bale were added to the soil samples.
Asad Khan, Muhammad Adil, Afnan Ahmad, Raza Hussain, Haider Zaman, “STABILIZATION OF SOIL USING CEMENT AND BALE STRAW”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 9, pp. 44-49, September 2018.
