EFFECT OF QUARRY DUST ON INDEX PROPERTIES OF BLACK COTTON SOIL |
Author(s): |
| ADITYA CHANSORIA , JABALPUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE; ADITYA CHANSORIA, JABALPUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE; Prof. R.K. YADAV, JABALPUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE |
Keywords: |
| Black Cotton Soil, Quarry dust, Stabilization, Index properties etc |
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This paper presents the experimental study undertaken to investigate the suitability of using quarry dust as a stabilizer to improve the index properties of black cotton soil. Laboratory tests were conducted on black cotton soil samples mixed with 0%,10%,20%,30% and 40% of quarry dust by weight of dry soil. It has been found that there is a significant variation in the liquid limit, plastic limit, plasticity index and differential free swell index of black cotton soil samples containing quarry dust. The liquid limit decreased from 70% to 43.5%, plastic limit decreased from 26.45% to 17.37%, plasticity index decreased from 43.55% to 26.13% and differential free swell decreased from 58% to 10%.In this study it is observed that the index parameters of black cotton soil are improved substantially by addition of quarry dust in black cotton soil. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV4I21291 Published in: Volume : 4, Issue : 2 Publication Date: 01/05/2016 Page(s): 1425-1427 |
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