Soil Stabilisation using Cement

Abstract

Among the several modes of transportation, the roads are the foremost ancient and widely used medium. Since the traditional time for transportation of products or travelling purpose, we used roads. Heavy loaded trucks running on the roads need special care and a spotlight during construction phase in order that they will bear the utmost load. a number of the soil having sufficient load bearing capacity but a number of having poor. This research work mainly focuses on soil stabilisation using cement to enhance geotechnical properties like plasticity, compaction, and Unconfined Compressive Strength of the studied soil. These properties were determined before also as after the stabilisation of soil. during this work it had been found that higher the number of cement added to the soil, dry density of soil decreased and optimum moisture content increased. With the addition of cement to the soil, unconfined compressive strength increased and it had been also found higher at higher curing period.

Cement stabilization of soil is completed by mixing pulverized soil and hydraulic cement with water and compaction the combination to achieve a robust material. the fabric obtained by mixing soil and cement is know as soil-cement. Since 1915 more then 1 lakh miles equivalent 7.5m wide pavement bases has been constructed from cement stabilized soil. Soil Stabilization may be a process of treating a soil to enhance its stability and bearing capacity for using the soil as Construction material. the foremost Important Purpose of Soil Stabilization is that the increase the strength of pavement layers like sub-base, base course etc. and to extend the steadiness of earth add embankment as an entire 

The soil to be stabilized is pulverized, water is added and is mixed. The bituminous material is then added and is remixed. The mixture is spread to the specified grade and compacted. The compacted surface cured.