Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
02 May 2013, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
The present study investigates the benefits of using rice husk ash (RHA) with clayey soil as the subgrade material in flexible pavements with addition of small amount of lime. Four ratios of RHA of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% mixed with the clayey soil by weight of soil sample. Further for getting the better performance, lime has been added in this study in the varying proportions from 1% to 3% by weight of soil. The compaction characteristics and unconfined compressive strength tests were conducted on these different mixed soils. The test results shows that the rice husk ash can be used advantageously with addition of clayey soil and lime as cost effective mix for construction of subgrade of the roadway pavement.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Roy, Tapash Kumar, "Evaluation of Strength of Clayey Soil by UCS Test with Addition of Rice Husk Ash and Lime" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 16.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session_06/16
Evaluation of Strength of Clayey Soil by UCS Test with Addition of Rice Husk Ash and Lime
Chicago, Illinois
The present study investigates the benefits of using rice husk ash (RHA) with clayey soil as the subgrade material in flexible pavements with addition of small amount of lime. Four ratios of RHA of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% mixed with the clayey soil by weight of soil sample. Further for getting the better performance, lime has been added in this study in the varying proportions from 1% to 3% by weight of soil. The compaction characteristics and unconfined compressive strength tests were conducted on these different mixed soils. The test results shows that the rice husk ash can be used advantageously with addition of clayey soil and lime as cost effective mix for construction of subgrade of the roadway pavement.
