SOIL STABILIZATION USING TERRAZYME AND LIME

SOIL STABILIZATION USING TERRAZYME AND LIME

Chandan Kumar Behera1

1Asst. Prof. in Geotechnical Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Synergy Institute of Technology, Odisha, India.

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ABSTRACT

Soil is defined as minerals, feasts, organic matter, liquid, and organisms that together support life. Complexion soil being more expansive in nature, the shear strength is truly lower and thereby, lowering the bearing capacity too. To overcome the problem of low strength and bearing capacity of locally available soil and to stabilize soil for a longer life of structures, extemporization has come a necessity. In this present study, an effective fashion is handed for ground improvement for soil stabilization using the chemical Terrazyme and Lime was added to improvise The laboratory tests were conducted like California Bearing rate Test, unrestrained compressive Strength, Atterberg consistence Limits, and compression test, Specific staidness on soil samples with discriminative Terrazyme and Lime. Being provident and eco-friendly makes it stand out of all and has made it preferable to other enzymes. This project work aims to evaluate the effect of the addition of 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%,25%, and 30% lime and 0ml, 0.2ml, 0.4ml, 0.6ml, 0.8ml,1.0ml, and 1.2ml Terrazyme to stabilize the expansive soil. In this study, stabilizers used Lime and Terrazyme. The investigation showed that generally, the engineering properties improved with the addition of lime and Terrazyme. The maximum dry density increased and the optimum moisture content decreased with increasing lime and Terrazyme content and at 30% lime and 1.2ml Terrazyme we got the maximum value.

Keywords: Terrazyme, Lime, Standard Proctor, CBR, UCS, Atterberg Limits, Specific gravity