Stabiilization and Improvement of Black Cotton Soil by using Additives

Abstract

Swelling soils, which are clayey soils, are also called expansive soils. They increase in volume with the addition of water. They shrink greatly on drying and develop cracks on the surface. These soils possess a high plasticity index. Black cotton soils found in many parts of India belong to this category. The main disadvantages of this type of soil are that multi-storage construction is not possible and cracks are formed in the superstructure. The proposed work is meant for to know that which additives as a binder will be helpful for the stabilization of the soil. For this we proposed the consistency and UCS test and thus Coconut and sugarcane ash act as a beneficial binder for soil stabilization.