Stabilization on Expansive soil using sea shell powder and Rubber powder

Abstract

BCS, type of expansive soil which is responsible for the volumetric changes with the change in the moisture content due to the excessive presence of montmorillonite. The stabilization of soil is the process of enhancing the properties of expensive soil and makes it stable to withstand the load acting on it. The stabilization is done by controlled compaction and addition of different types of stabilizers and admixtures. Hence this stabilization is done by various admixtures like cement, fly ash, bagasse, coir fibre, granite dust, rubber powder, sea shell powder etc. this paper represents the study of rubber powder and sea shell powder as different admixture to refine BCS properties. The unconfined compressive strength of BCS is found by adding sea shell powder and rubber powder as admixture, here this paper presents the results of an attempts that are performed.