Stabilization of soil is a process by which the soil properties can be modified. Soft soils, when contact with water loses their strength because of its high swelling potential which may lead to differential settlements and this type of soil is be found In Visakhapatnam port area. As water is the main con and it cannot be eliminated but its content can be reduced by various methods, soil was treated with lime to observe its behavior apart from reducing the content of the water using the codal provisions. For this, it was assumed that 3, 6, 9, 12 & 15 percentages of lime by weight of the soil might yield better results by improving the engineering properties of the soil. The results showed that with an increase in the content of the lime, moisture content present in the soil was reduced. In this process, it was observed that the values of Unconfined Compressive Strength, California Bearing Ratio was improving on a fairly basis up to a point and there was no improvement further in the case of UCS. It was concluded that using lime was helpful in improving the soil properties.
Author Keywords:- stabilization, lime, port soil, UCS,CBR.
e-ISSN: 2319-183X, p-ISSN: 2319-1821 Source Type: Journal
Original Language: English
Document Type: Article
Number of pages: 07
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