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SOIL STABILISATION WITH MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ASH

Shikha Sachan1, Sanyam Jain2, Ravinder Bainsla3, Shubham Dangwal4,Sam Abbas5,Shubham
Sharma6

1Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Institute of Technology &
Management, New Delhi, India
2,3.4,5,6.Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Institute of Technology &
Management, New
Delhi, India

Abstract: This report presents the analysis of municipal waste ash in soil stabilization for different engineering properties. As
solid waste disposal being a major environmental problem, because of unviability of lands for disposal. Improper management
of solid wastes causes adverse effects on the ecology which may lead to cause possible outbreak of diseases and epidemics. As
solid waste disposal being a major environmental problem, as lands for disposal is not so far available and environmental
hazard is also major problem.
KEYWORDS: Soil, MSW Ash, Moisture Content, Shrinkage Limit, Specific Gravity, Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, UCS, CBR,
Proctor Test

1 Introduction
The main requirement of soil stabilization is adequate strength and it depends on character of soil. In case of cohesion less
soils the strength could be improved by providing confinement or by adding cohesion with a cementing or binding agent.
In case of cohesive soil, the strength could be increased by drying, making soil moisture resistant, altering the clay
electrolyte concentration, increasing cohesion with a cementing agent and adding frictional properties. Trash or
garbage or rubbish is waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. They have used lime
and Class C fly ash to reduce the plasticity of highly expansive clays. Soil samples with similar classification were used to
show shrinkage variability with the addition of lime and Class C fly ash(Borthakur et.al 2014). "Garbage" can also refer
specifically to food waste, as in a garbage disposal; the two are sometimes collected separately consists of everyday
items we use and then throw away, such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps,
newspapers, appliances, paint, and batteries. Soil is also a very important property to keep in mind while working with
soils. The geotechnical characteristics of fly ash soil specimens, lime-soil specimens and lime-fly ash-soil specimens mixed
with different proportions of randomly oriented fibers were investigated (Kumar et.al 2016). The soils may be well-
graded which is desirable as it has less number of voids or uniformly graded which though sounds stable but has more
voids. Expansive soil is a problematic soil for civil engineers because of its low strength and cyclic swell shrink behavior
(Patil et.al 2014). Thus, it is better to mix different types of soils together to improve the soil strength properties. It is
very expensive to replace the inferior soil entirely soil and hence, soil stabilization is the thing to look for in these cases.
Clayey soils usually have the potential to demonstrate undesirable engineering behavior, such as low bearing capacity,
high shrinkage and swell characteristics and high moisture susceptibility (Munilakshmi et.al 2015).
2. Materials and Methodology

2.1 Materials
The MSW Ash was collected from an incineration plant, Okhla industrial area, Delhi and Soil used in the study was
collected from college area.

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2.2 Methodology
In first Stage to find the strength of soil after stabilization with municipal solid waste bottom ash, experiments were
conducted in first stage is characteristics of the soil were determined by moisture content, sieve analysis, specific gravity
test, liquid limit test, plastic limit test, shrinkage limit test. In the second stage, UCS, CBR, Proctor test of the stabilized soil
were determined by using respective apparatus.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1 Moisture Content

In almost all soil tests natural moisture content of the soil is to be determined. The knowledge of the natural moisture
content is essential in all studies of soil mechanics. To sight a few, natural moisture content is used in determining the
bearing capacity and settlement. The natural moisture content will give an idea of the state of soil in the field.

Table 1: Moisture Content at different ash

percentages
Ash percenatge Moisture Content
(%) (%)
0 15.44
5 16.66
10 14.28
15 15.1

Graph – 1 Moisture Content

3.2 Specific Gravity

The knowledge of specific gravity is needed in calculation of soil properties like void ratio, degree of saturation etc.
Specific gravity G is defined as the ratio of the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at that temperature both
weights taken in air.

Table 2: Specific Gravity at

different ash percentages
Ash percenatge Specific
(%) Gravity
0 2.66
5 2.7

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10 2.5
15 2.66

GRAPH – 2 SPECIFIC GRAVITY

3.3 Liquid Limit

Liquid limit is significant to know the stress history and general properties of the soil met with construction. From the
results of liquid limit the compression index may be estimated. The compression index value will help us in settlement
analysis. If the natural moisture content of soil is closer to liquid limit, the soil can be considered as soft if the moisture
content is lesser than liquids limit, the soil can be considered as soft if the moisture content is lesser than liquid limit. The
soil is brittle and stiffer.
Table 3: Liquid Limit at
different ash percentages
Ash
Liquid
percenatge
Limit (%)
(%)
0 21.1
5 19.56
10 20
15 19.7

GRAPH – 3 LIQUID LIMIT

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3.4 Plastic Limit

Soil is used for making bricks, tiles, soil cement blocks in addition to its use as foundation for structures.

Table 4: Plastic Limit at

different ash
percentages
Ash
Plastic
percenatge
Limit(%)
(%)
0 12.5
5 15
10 14.94
15 13.33

GRAPH – 4 PLASTIC LIMIT

3.5 Shrinkage Limit
As the soil loses moisture, either in its natural environment, or by artificial means in laboratory it changes from liquid state
to plastic state to semi-solid state and then to solid state. The volume is also reduced by the decrease in water content. But,
at a particular limit the moisture reduction causes no further volume change. A shrinkage limit test gives a quantitative
indication of how much moisture can change before any significant volume change and to also indication of change in
volume. The shrinkage limit is useful in areas where soils undergo large volume changes when going through wet and dry
cycles (e.g. earth dams).

Table 5: Shrinkage Limit at

different ash percentages
Ash
Shrinkage
percenatge
Limit(%)
(%)
0 18.51
5 19.09
10 21.71
15 16.51

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GRAPH – 5 SHRINKAGE LIMIT

3.6 Proctor Test

Compaction is the process of densification of soil by reducing air voids. The degree of compaction of a given soil is
measured in terms of its dry density. The dry density is maximum at the optimum water content. A curve is drawn
between the water content and the dry density to obtain the maximum dry density and the optimum water content.

GRAPH – 6 PROCTOR TEST

Table 6: OMC and MDD at

different ash percentages
Ash
MDD
percenatge OMC(%)
(gm/cc)
(%)
0 15 1.84
5 15.1 1.67
10 15.15 1.77
15 15.2 1.78

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3.7 UCS Test

The unconfined compressive strength (qu) is the load per unit area at which the cylindrical specimen of a cohesive soil
falls in compression.
qu = P/A

Where P= axial load at failure, A= corrected area = , where is the initial area of the specimen, = axial strain = change in
length/original length. The undrained shear strength (s) of the soil is equal to the one half of the unconfined compressive
strength,

Table 7: UCS at different ash

percentages
Ash
Compressive
percenatge
Stress(KN/m2)
(%)
0 24.3
5 25.5
10 25.8
15 26

GRAPH – 7 UCS TEST

3.8 CBR Test

The california bearing ratio test is penetration test meant for the evaluation of subgrade strength of roads and pavements.
The results obtained by these tests are used with the empirical curves to determine the thickness of pavement and its
component layers. This is the most widely used method for the design of flexible pavement.
This instruction sheet covers the laboratory method for the determination of C.B.R. of undisturbed and remoulded
/compacted soil specimens, both in soaked as well as unsoaked state.

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Table 8: CBR at different

ash percentage
Ash
AT AT
percenatge
2.5mm 5mm
(%)
0 5.03 5.9
5 5.3 8.2
10 6.04 8.5
15 6.4 8.5

GRAPH -8 CBR TEST

4. Conclusions

In this Study, the stabilization of a soil with municipal solid waste ash was investigated and the effects of the stabilization
on the soil properties of a soil were studied. Experimental study of soil stabilization with municipal solid waste ash shows
use of municipal solid waste in 10% with soil enhances soil properties like stength, compaction. This study shows instead
of having simply disposal of msw, which is not possible due to lack of land availability, we can improve soil properties by
using waste ash.Using waste ash as a stabilizing material is cheap as well as eco-friendly method of soil stabilization, which
solves the waste disposal problems as well as enhances soil properties. For different areas soil and different waste , we can
have different optimum percentage of waste ash which will enhance soil properties.

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 IS CODE 2720-PART2-1973: Oven Dry Test
 IS CODE 2720-PART-3-1980: Specific Gravity Test
 IS CODE 2720-PART-5-1985: Liquid Limit Test & Plastic Limit Test
 IS CODE 2720-PART-6-1972: Shrinkage Limit Test
 IS CODE 2720-PART-7-1980: Proctor Test
 IS CODE 2720-PART-16-1987: CBR Test
 IS CODE 2720-PART-4-1985: Grain Size Test
 IS CODE 2720-PART-10-1991: UCS Test

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