STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOIL USING SUDDHA SOIL
Keywords:
xpansive Soil, Stabilization, Atterberg’s Limits, Suddha Soil, Compaction and Unconfined Compression Strength.Abstract
Black cotton soils are not suitable for civil engineering applications due their high swelling and shrinkage
nature they are not suitable for the construction works to improve the strength parameters of these type of soils soil
stabilization is necessary. Soil stabilization means improvement of the stability (or) bearing capacity/power of the soil by
the use of controlled compaction of suitable admixture – stabilizer. In present study dispersive suddha soil is used to
stabilize the black cotton soil. The present study involves the study of behaviour of black cotton soil when mixed with
dispersive suddha soil with varying percentage from 0 to 50% at 10% interval, by conducting all geo-technical lab tests
like Atterberg’s limits and determining the strength parameters. The present study envisages the effect of suddha soil
mixed in the different percentages and feasibility of using suddha soil with expansive soil in construction.
