20-04-2016, 11:21 AM
stabilisation of clay using lime and pond ash
ABSTRACT
Infrastructure projects such as highways, railways, water reservoirs, reclamation etc. requires earth material in very large quantity. In urban areas, borrow earth is not easily available which has to be hauled from a long distance. Quite often, large areas are covered with highly plastic and expansive soil, which is not suitable for such purpose. Extensive laboratory / field trials have been carried out by various researchers and have shown promising results for application of such expansive soil after stabilization with additives such as sand, silt, lime, fly ash, etc. As fly ash is freely available, for projects in the vicinity of a Thermal Power Plants, it can be used for stabilization of expansive soils for various uses. The present paper describes a study carried out to check the improvements in the properties of expansive soil with fly ash in varying percentages. Both laboratory trials and field tests have been carried out and results are reported in this paper. One of the major difficulties in field application is thorough mixing of the two materials (expansive soil and fly ash) in required proportion to form a homogeneous mass. The paper describes a method adopted for placing these materials in layers of required thickness and operating a “Disc Harrow”. A trial embankment of 30m length by 6m width by 0.6m high was successfully constructed and the in-situ tests carried out proved its suitability for construction of embankment, ash dykes, filling low-laying areas, etc.
ABSTRACT
Infrastructure projects such as highways, railways, water reservoirs, reclamation etc. requires earth material in very large quantity. In urban areas, borrow earth is not easily available which has to be hauled from a long distance. Quite often, large areas are covered with highly plastic and expansive soil, which is not suitable for such purpose. Extensive laboratory / field trials have been carried out by various researchers and have shown promising results for application of such expansive soil after stabilization with additives such as sand, silt, lime, fly ash, etc. As fly ash is freely available, for projects in the vicinity of a Thermal Power Plants, it can be used for stabilization of expansive soils for various uses. The present paper describes a study carried out to check the improvements in the properties of expansive soil with fly ash in varying percentages. Both laboratory trials and field tests have been carried out and results are reported in this paper. One of the major difficulties in field application is thorough mixing of the two materials (expansive soil and fly ash) in required proportion to form a homogeneous mass. The paper describes a method adopted for placing these materials in layers of required thickness and operating a “Disc Harrow”. A trial embankment of 30m length by 6m width by 0.6m high was successfully constructed and the in-situ tests carried out proved its suitability for construction of embankment, ash dykes, filling low-laying areas, etc.
