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Shyam Sunder Saini
Anil Kumar Sharma
Keywords:
Stabilization, Kota Stone Slurry, Soil, Strength, CBR, Kota stones sludge, granite sludge, marble slurry, building stone, replacement material.
Abstract:
Expansive soils are a worldwide problem that poses several challenges for civil engineers. Such soils swell when given an access to water and shrink when they dry out. Among the construction activities, a well-connected road network is one of the basic infrastructure requirements, which play a vital role for the fast and comfortable movement of inter-regional traffic in the country like India. The most common and economical method for stabilizing these soils is using admixtures that prevent volume changes. In this study the effect of using Kota Stone Slurry Dust, an industrial waste in reducing the swelling potential is examined. The performance of Black Cotton Soil with Kota stone slurry dust in varied proportion was studied by conducting Grain size distribution, Atterberg’s limits, swell percent, California Bearing Ratio and Unconfined Compressive Strength test of the soil alone and of the mixtures. Experiments were done using Kota Stone Slurry Dust in different proportion (3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, 15%, 18%, 21% and 24 %).The result have shown that the Kota Stone Slurry Dust enhances the overall engineering properties of soil i.e. CBR,UCS etc. with the varying proportions of Kota Stone Slurry Dust content a considerable variation had been noted in all the above defined parameters. This method of treatment caused a reduction in the swelling potential and the reduction was increased with increasing percent stabilizers. Also it had been noticed that the considerable improvement in the soil properties was an optimum percentage of Kota Stone Slurry Dust i.e. at 18% of Kota Stone Slurry Dust content. In this work it has been observed that the engineering properties of the soil like Optimum Moisture Content and Dry Density Relationship (OMC and MDD), California Bearing Ratio (CBR) and Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) is increased with the use of Kota Stone Slurry Dust in varied proportions. The optimum results are found at 18% of Kota Stone Slurry Dust; therefore this proportion has been recommended for making improvement in the engineering properties of Black Cotton Soil which is locally available in Jhalawar (Rajasthan).
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International Journal of Recent Research and Review
ISSN: 2277-8322
Vol. XIX, Issue 3
September 2026
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PUBLISHED
September 2026
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Vol. XIX, Issue 3
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Articles
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