Efficacy of Industrial waste admixture in Improving Engineering Performance of Clayey soil – A quantitative study

摘要

Infrastructure and industrialization serves as a back bone for a country's economy. However due to rapid industrialization there exist a problem in the form of waste accumulation and subsequent problems due to their disposal & effects of waste. In infrastructure development, roads play a major role. In general pavement construction needs bulk quantities of good soil keeping in view of the service and longevity aspects. Due to limitation in availability of good soil, often the cost of projects escalates. An ideal solution lies for reducing project cost, increasing longevity and reduce accumulation of waste shall be through utilization of industrial waste combined with weak soil for pavement construction. Few types of waste materials namely crusher dust, fly ash and Steel slag waste are popular as admixtures in improving weak soils. This paper discusses the performance of admixtures in improving weak soil through mechanical stabilization. Results of tests on index and engineering properties of mechanically stabilized clayey soil with industrial waste admixtures namely, crusher dust, fly ash and steel slag are presented for different admixture contents and test conditions. A comparison is made based on improved performance. It is observed that Steel slag is proven to be effective over other types. From the results optimum content of admixture for a given improvement is suggested.