Behavior of Expansive Soil Treated with Steel Slag, Rice Husk Ash, and Lime

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 06016008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Argaw Asha Ashango ◽  
Nihar Ranjan Patra
Keyword(s):  
Rice Husk ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Steel Slag ◽  
Expansive Soil

scholarly journals Utilization of Cementitious Material from Residual Rice Husk Ash and Lime in Stabilization of Expansive Soil

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuyi Liu ◽  
Yunhe Su ◽  
Abdoullah Namdar ◽  
Guoqing Zhou ◽  
Yuexin She ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rice Husk ◽  
Soil Stabilization ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Expansive Soil ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Cementitious Material ◽  
Initial Water Content ◽  
Time Deformation ◽  
Mix Proportion ◽  
Deformation Properties

Geological disasters often occur due to expansion and shrinkage properties of expansive soil. This paper presents a cementitious material combined with rice husk ash (RHA) obtained from biomass power plants and lime to stabilize expansive soil. Based on compressive and flexural strength of RHA-lime mortars, blending ratio of RHA/lime was adopted as 4 : 1 by weight for soil stabilization. When mix proportion of RHA-lime mixture varied from 0% to 20%, specific surface area of stabilized expansive soil decreased dramatically and medium particle size increased. The deformation and strength properties of stabilized expansive soil were investigated through swelling test, consolidation test, unconfined compression test, direct shear test, and so on. With increase in RHA-lime content and curing time, deformation properties including swelling potential, swelling pressure, compression index, crack quantity, and fineness of expansive soil lowered remarkably; meanwhile, strength properties involving unconfined compressive strength, cohesion, and internal friction angle improved significantly. Considering engineering performance and cost, mix proportion of 15% and initial water content of 1.2 times optimum moisture content were recommended for stabilizing expansive soil. In addition, effectiveness of RHA-lime to stabilize expansive soil was achieved by replacement efficiency, coagulation reaction, and ion exchange.

scholarly journals Strength and Microfabric of Expansive Soil Improved with Rice Husk Ash and Lime

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Jinrong Ma ◽  
Yunhe Su ◽  
Yuyi Liu ◽  
Xiangling Tao
Keyword(s):  
Rice Husk ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Expansive Soil ◽  
Pozzolanic Activity ◽  
Strength Increase ◽  
Free Expansion ◽  
Improvement Effect ◽  
Cementing Material ◽  
Curing Age

Expansive soil has harmful effect on engineering. Rice husk ash (RHA) has high pozzolanic activity, so it can form new cementing material with lime or cement to solidify soil. In this paper, the tests of free expansion rate, water ratio limit, and optimum moisture content (OMC) are carried out; then, RHA and lime were added to artificial soil in different proportions of 5, 10, 15, and 20% by weight, in which the ratio of RHA to lime is 80 : 20. The unconfined compressive strength (UCS) in different curing age is measured, and the improvement effect of RHA and lime to expansive soil can be obtained. Finally, the reason of improvement effect is explained by using the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results of the study show that (1) for the best utilization effect, the optimum percentage of RHA is 12% and lime is 3%; (2) the UCS is 2.6 times of the pure soil after curing of 14 d under the optimum percentage; (3) the curing age has a significant effect on strength; (4) the main reason for the strength increase of the modified soil is that the crystal produced by the pozzolanic activity fills the pores of the soil.

Investigation on High Volume Steel Slag - Rice Husk Ash Composite Binder Properties

2014 ◽  
Vol 599 ◽  
pp. 310-314
Author(s):  
Yan Hua Wang ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Pin Pin Ding ◽  
Ya Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Rice Husk ◽  
Frost Resistance ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Steel Slag ◽  
Drying Shrinkage ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Cementitious Materials ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Composite Binder

This paper discussed the possibilities of the processed steel slag and rice husk ash in building mortar replace cement. Experimental results show that after suitable mix designs cube compressive strength of composite binders using can meet the building mortar standard. The novel composite cementitious materials need larger water absorption, but their frost resistance, drying shrinkage, sulfate resistance relate to the pure cement varying degrees upgrade.

scholarly journals Study of expansive soil stabilized with agricultural waste

2021 ◽  
Vol 2070 (1) ◽  
pp. 012237
Author(s):  
Tinku Biswas ◽  
Rishav Garg ◽  
Himanshu Ranjan ◽  
Ashwini Kumar ◽  
Gaurav Pandey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Rice Husk ◽  
Soil Stabilization ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Expansive Soil ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Vital Role

Abstract During any construction on soil surface such as construction of road and airport pavements, compaction of the soil is required and soil stabilization plays a vital role. Various characteristics of soil should be optimized with different factors. Expansive soil has property of swelling when moisture content increases and shrinking when water gets evaporated. Rice husk is a major agricultural waste that is easily available in in India and is generally burnt to get rice husk ash (RHA). This study has been aimed to get dual benefit, first to stabilize expansive soil by addition of RHA and second to effectively utilize RHA, the agricultural waste. It has been observed that at 12% RHA in presence of 5% cement can be effectively used to improve plasticity of soil and CBR value resulting in effective soil stabilization. Thus, the research demonstrates that agricultural waste has efficient use in soil stabilization.

Study on Treatment Processes and Basic Performance of Steel Slag-Rice Husk Ash Complex Cementitious Material

2014 ◽  
Vol 599 ◽  
pp. 346-349
Author(s):  
Lin Chen ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Bao Quan Li ◽  
Xin Yan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Rice Husk ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Setting Time ◽  
Steel Slag ◽  
Cementitious Materials ◽  
Cementitious Material ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Treated Steel ◽  
Basic Performance

In this paper, a novel composite cementitious material was prepared by using steel slag and rice husk ash. The appreciate treatment processes of composite cementitious material prepared were investigated. At same time its basic performance of cement mortar, such as water demand ratio, setting time, soundness and strength were also investigated and discussed. Experimental results show that the cementitious materials prepared has good basic properties with appreciate treatment processes. It concluded that the properly treated steel slag and rice husk ash can be used to prepare cementitious material.

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