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Volume: 11 Issue: 04 | June 2024
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SOIL STABILIZATION USING CORN HUSK FIBER AND STONE DUST Dr. Gurdeepak Singh1 Sujata Sharma2, 1Associate professor, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana 2Research scholar, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana
---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------investigate the functionality and durability of soil established Abstract - Soil has been proved in many situations to be from stone dust. It is a kind of material for construction that is generated by mining an adequate rock deposit and then crushing it down to the necessary size using crushers.
difficult to deal with while creating various structures like foundations, highways and piles, water barriers, and others. The current study employs a variety of admixtures to strengthen particular kinds of soil and improve its physical properties.
Table 1: Properties of Stone Dust
Cement and lime have been widely used to stabilize soil for many years. The goal of this study is to see if the fiber of corn husks (CHF) can be used as a stabilizing material when paired with stone dust (SD). The current research compares the effects of Corn Husk Fiber & Stone Dust upon the strength characteristics of silty soil. A series of laboratory experiments were performed on silty soil samples with dose of Corn Husk Fiber & Stone Dust that varied from 1% to 4% and 10% to 50% by mass of dried soil. The experimental findings demonstrated a significant improvement in soil parameters, indicating that corn husk fiber when combined with stone dust is a highly promising addition for enhancing soil properties at optimum dose of 30% for Stone dust and 3% for corn husk fiber. Key Words: Soil Stabilization, Corn Husk Fiber, Stone Dust, OMC, MDD, CBR.
Properties of Stone Dust
Experimental Values
Specific gravity(G)
2.85
Liquid limit (L.L)
35%
D10
0.149 mm
D30
0.60 mm
D50
01.44 mm
D60
1.6 mm
Uniformity coefficient, Cu
10.67
Coefficient of curvature
1.5
Max dry unit weight
21.3 kN/m3
OMC
12.09%
Coefficient of permeability
8.5x10-5
1.INTRODUCTION
1.2 Corn Husk Fibers
India has a large population, and in recent years, roads and buildings have been built even on unstable ground. Due to the lack of accessible land, garbage disposal is another major issue. The need for adequate disposal methods or the dumping of waste has an effect on the ecosystem. Additionally, the need for terrestrial acquisition has grown because to population growth. The primary worry when it comes to the sustainable use of resources and waste materials has been industrial wastes. It is effective to employ these wastes to enhance the properties of numerous other materials. Utilizing industrial and agricultural waste improves the ground, stabilizes the soil, and lowers environmental pollution.
The Punjab local territory provided the corn husks, which were employed as a comprehensive material for investigating their impacts on the strength and compaction properties of a sample of soil. Below are listed the physical characteristics of corn husk fibres.
1.1 Stone Dust
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
Stone dust is an unused byproduct generated by crusher facilities. It has the potential to be employed as a soil stabilizer. The addition of stones in soils not only enhances the soil's conditions but also has an impact on cost. A series of experiments was carried out in the current research to
Sabat, Akshaya & Bose, Bidula. (2013), it discusses the impact of two industrial by-products, fly ash and quarry dust, on various properties of expansive soil, including compaction characteristics, unconfined compressive strength, California bearing ratio (CBR), shear strength parameters, and swelling
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Table 2: Properties of Corn Husk Fibers
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Width
6 mm
Thickness
0.39 mm
Density
3.1x10-1 gm/mm3
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