A STUDY ON THE BEHAVIOR OF BLACK COTTON SOIL WITH MARBLE DUST

Authors

  • MANISH KUMAR SUMAN M.TECH SCHOLAR, GEOTECH ENGINEERING
  • NEHA CHAUDHARY M.TECH SCHOLAR, GEOTECH ENGINEERING
  • SANJAY SINGH M.TECH SCHOLAR, GEOTECH ENGINEERING,
  • DR. BISWAJIT ACHARYA SSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,

Keywords:

Marble Dust, black cotton soil, montmorillonite, swell-shrink, stabilization

Abstract

Black cotton soil is an expansive soil. It is a boon for the farmhands but also a nuisance for civil engineers as it shows swelling-shrinkage behavior with seasonal variations in moisture content. Montmorillonite mineral kept the onus for this behavior. On field various additive i.e. fly-ash, lime, various bio-enzymes are being used for improving the swell-shrink behavior of black cotton soil. In the present paper, we will be analyzing the efficacy of waste marble dust to improve the swell-shrink behavior of black cotton soil. Following the research work, we found an effective dose of 30% marble dust by weight of black cotton soil. Results show an increase of 193% in CBR and around 43% in UCS value.

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Published

2019-04-15

How to Cite

SUMAN, M. K. ., CHAUDHARY, N. ., SINGH, S. ., & ACHARYA, D. B. . (2019). A STUDY ON THE BEHAVIOR OF BLACK COTTON SOIL WITH MARBLE DUST. International Journal of Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering & Science, 5(4), 802–805. Retrieved from https://ijtimes.com/IJTIMES/index.php/ijtimes/article/view/2851

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2019): Vol. 5 No. 4: Volume 5 Issue 4 (April-2019)

Section

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