scholarly journals Effects of Cement-Rice Husk Ash Mixtures On Geotechnical Properties of Lateritic Soils

1987 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Rahman
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. V. Rama Subbarao ◽  
D. Siddartha ◽  
T. Muralikrishna ◽  
K. S. Sailaja ◽  
T. Sowmya

Soil existing at a particular site may not be appropriate for construction of engineering structures. The present study made an attempt to enhance the geotechnical properties of a soil replaced with industrial wastes having pozzolanic value like rice husk ash (RHA) and fly ash (FA). Soil is replaced with RHA in 2%, 4%, and 6% to dry weight of soil. It is observed that soil replaced with 4% RHA is the optimum for the soil used in this study from geotechnical point of view. To know the influence of fly ash, soil is further replaced with 4% FA along with 4% RHA. It is found that results of soil replacement by both RHA and FA proved to be soil modification and not the improvement. Hence, a cost-effective accelerator like lime is used for further replacing the above soil-4%, RHA-4% FA mix. The optimum lime content is found to be 4%.


2015 ◽  
Vol 668 ◽  
pp. 290-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiza P. Fagundes ◽  
Jhaber D. Yacoub ◽  
Andrey C. Lima ◽  
Flávia R. Nakatsuchi ◽  
José A. Lollo ◽  
...  

Great areas of Brazil present lateritic soils, such as the northeast and the south. Some of these soils have, as main characteristic, instable structures that can present considerable volumetric deformation in the presence of water. This behavior, also named collapse, is responsible for several problems on the building construction such as cracks and fractures that can damage the safety of structures. The aim of this paper is to assess the possibility of improvement of collapsible behavior of a lateritic soil using rice husk ash (RHA). A previous characterization of soil and RHA was performed in order to assess the combined effect of soil/RHA. The results are so promising, showing a new alternative to reduce the collapsible behavior of soils using an environmental friendly technology.


2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Najmun Nahar ◽  
Alex Otieno Owino ◽  
Sayful Kabir Khan ◽  
Zakaria Hossain ◽  
Noma Tamaki

Pozzolanic reactions of RHA entirely depends on controlled burning condition. The current study illustrates the effects of controlled burn rice husk ash (RHA) on the geotechnical properties of A-2-4 type soil. The compactibility, bearing capacity, compressive strength, and shear strength were investigated as the important geotechnical properties on soil with 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% of RHA admixtures. Considering the 7-day moist curing, standard Proctor compaction tests, California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests, Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) tests, Consolidated-Drained (CD) Triaxial Compression tests, and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) tests were conducted on soil-RHA combinations. The test results showed that the optimum moisture content increased, but MDD reduced with the increment of RHA content. Soil with 5% RHA showed the increase of CBR (39.5%), UCS (6.0%), modulus of deformation (56.3%), cohesion (11.8%), and angle of internal friction (6.3%) compared to control specimen which indicated that the application of burnt RHA at a controlled temperature significantly enhanced the geotechnical properties of soil. SEM image on soil with 5% RHA also observed the best microstructural development.


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