Strength Behavior of Lateritic Soil Treated With Alccofine
Abhijith L1, Joel Joy2, Gopu S Nair3, Joby Johnson4, Allen Joesph5
1Abhijith L*, Civil Engineering Department, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology-Peermade, Idukki, India.
2Joel Joy, Civil Engineering Department, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology-Peermade, Idukki, India.
3Gopu S Nair, Civil Engineering Department, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology-Peermade, Idukki, India.
4Joby Johnson, Civil Engineering Department, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology-Peermade, Idukki, India.
5Allen Joesph, Civil Engineering Department, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology-Peermade, Idukki, India.
Manuscript received on September 22, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on October 20, 2019. | Manuscript published on October 30, 2019. | PP: 1995-1999 | Volume-9 Issue-1, October 2019 | Retrieval Number: A9530109119/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.A9530.109119
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Abstract: One of the factors that affect the long term performance of a structure is the strength of the underlying soil strata. Presence of weak soil strata beneath the structure will affect the structural integrity. So, enhancing the engineering properties of the weak soil results in the betterment of bearing capacity of the soil. Nowadays, for improving the stability of the weak soil, various soil stabilization techniques are adopted. This paper presents an investigation of using alccofine as a soil stabilizing agent. Variation in shear strength parameters and compaction parameters of the soil is studied by adding different percentages of alccofine 1101 such as 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5%. Test results revealed that at the optimal rate of alccofine 1101, the shear strength characteristic is increased by 53.71% after a curing period of 3 days.
Keywords: Bearing Capacity, A lccofine, Shear Strength, Compaction.