Soil Stabilization Study by Using Steel Slag

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Soil Stabilization Study by using Steel Slag

Nitesh1, Sumesh Jain2
Scholar, 2Assistant Professor
1Research
1, 2Department of CE, Om Institute of Technology and Management, Hisar, Haryana, India
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Jain "Soil Stabilization Study by using The growing needs for fully furnished highways in the developed countries has
Steel Slag" Published led engineers to search for the durable cost effective measure for roadway
in International construction. The basic necessity for suitable base course for roads is an
Journal of Trend in important aspect in construction. The paper aims at utilizing the common
Scientific Research waste materials for the improvement of roads. One such material that was
and Development analyzed in the paper for the execution of road work is the steel slag which is
(ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456- furnished in tones in the steel factories across the country. The use of the
6470, Volume-3 | IJTSRD25189 material is found to have improved the sub grade properties of soil to a good
Issue-5, August extent.
2019, pp.34-35,
https://doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd25189 I. INTRODUCTION
Soil is a base structure which simply supports the shape from beneath and
Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and distributes the weight correctly. Stabilization of expansive soil has been done by
International Journal of Trend in Scientific addition of different types of materials like Cement, Lime, and Bitumen.
Research and Development Journal. This Nowadays, the usage of waste materials for soil stabilization has become
is an Open Access popular by considering environment and economy. Waste materials like Wood
article distributed Ash, Steel Slag, rice husk ash, Silica Fume, Quarry Dust, Fly Ash have been used
under the terms of to improve the properties of expansive soils. Iron is the second most metallic
the Creative Commons Attribution License element in the earth’s crust and accounts for 5.6% of the lithosphere. It is
(CC BY 4.0) becoming more attractive to reuse and recycle industrial wastes rather than
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by disposing them off. Steel slag, a by-product of the conversion of iron to steel, is
/4.0) one of the industrial wastes having a large percentage still being disposed off in
landfills and on dumpsites.
Past years, steel slag was not attractive because of the 2. Steel slag
availability of large amount of blast furnace slag, which is The steel slag is collected from H.M Steel Ltd. Located
considered more stable for direct use as a construction Trilokpur road kala amb, himachal Pradesh.
material than steel slag. Table2:-Chemical composition of steel slag
Constituents Composition(%)
In the study, expansive soil is replaced with different CaO 40-50
proportions of Waste Iron slag and various tests are carried FeO 20-30
out to find the specific gravity, Atterberg limits, maximum SiO2 10-20
dry density and California bearing ratio Values. MgO 5-10
MnO 5-8
Al2O3 1-3
II. MATERIALS P2O5 0.5-1
1. Soil S <0.1
The soil sample chosen is the under construction highway
stretch near police line Panchkula on NH 73, the stretch is
III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
the part of highway program from Panchkula to Saharanpur. 1. Specific gravity:-
The sub grade samples taken from the area were analyzed in The speciϐic gravity of solid debris (G) is described as the
the laboratory of Hindustan College of engineering and ratio of the mass of a given amount of solids to the mass of an
technology in Dusarka, Ambala situated on the same
same amount of water at 4 ͦc. The gravity of solids at a
highway.
particular point can be determine with the aid of
pycnometer approach or density bottle method.
Table1:-Properties of soil sample
Specific gravity 2.47 The pycnometer is used for determining the specific gravity
Liquid limit 45.2 of soil debris of both first-class grained and coarse grained
Plastic limit 34.94 soils. The willpower of particular gravity of soil will help
Plasticity index 9.32 within the calculation of void ratio, degree of saturation and
Maximum dry density 1.51 unique soil properties.The fundamental measuring system
Optimum moisture content 19.26 on this check is pycnometer. A pycnometer is a jar made of
CBR 7 glass about a litre capacity and fitted with a conical cap of
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brass by means of a screw-type cover. The cap has a small flexible pavements.The test may be conducted on a prepared
hole of 6mm diameter at its apex. A rubber washer is placed specimen in a mould or on the soil in-situ condition.
between the cap and the jar to prevent leakage. There is a
mark on the cap and also on the jar. The cap is screwed IV. AIM OF THIS STUDY
down to the same mark such that the volume of the The study topic “analysis of soil stabilization of subgrade by
pycnometer used in calculations remains constant. using steel slag” by conducting the various tests. It has the
following objectives under consideration
2. Liquid limit:- To study the existing characteristic of the road.
Liquid limit is defined as the minimum water content at To determine the the specific gravity , consistency limits
which soil is in liquid stage of consistency or behave like a of the present soil.
liquid or have tendency to flow. At liquid limit soil passes To determine the strength of the soil by using standard
from liquid stage of consistency to plastic stage of proctor test and CBR test.
consistency or visa-versa. For determination of liquid limit it To look out the strength characteristics for various
is define as minimum water at which the standard groove percentage of steel slag.
part of soil cut of standard dimension flow together by the To improve the engineering properties like bearing
distance of half inch (12mm) under the impact of 25 blows in capacity of the soil.
the device.
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Soil Stabilization Study by using Steel Slag

1, 2Department of CE, Om Institute of Technology and Management, Hisar, Haryana, India

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