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Application OF Iron Waste IN Geotechnical Engineering

The document discusses the feasibility of using iron ore waste and furnace slag in geotechnical applications to improve the properties of laterite soil. Materials tested included iron ore tailings and furnace slag. Tests on the materials found that iron ore tailings has higher density and angle of friction than laterite soil. Furnace slag has lower density but higher angle of friction than laterite soil. Laterite soil properties like maximum dry density, CBR value, were determined through various tests. The study aims to determine how mixing iron ore tailings in varying percentages impacts the geotechnical properties of laterite soil. Furnace slag will be used to partially replace normal sand.

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Application OF Iron Waste IN Geotechnical Engineering

The document discusses the feasibility of using iron ore waste and furnace slag in geotechnical applications to improve the properties of laterite soil. Materials tested included iron ore tailings and furnace slag. Tests on the materials found that iron ore tailings has higher density and angle of friction than laterite soil. Furnace slag has lower density but higher angle of friction than laterite soil. Laterite soil properties like maximum dry density, CBR value, were determined through various tests. The study aims to determine how mixing iron ore tailings in varying percentages impacts the geotechnical properties of laterite soil. Furnace slag will be used to partially replace normal sand.

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APPLICATION

OF
IRON WASTE
IN
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Under the supervision of


Dr. Sridevi Guda
Dr. Raghava Aditya Bhamidipati
Dept. of Civil Engineering
OBJECTIVE:

To assess the feasibility of slag as fine aggregate


in geotechnical applications.

Efficacy of Iron ore waste in improving the


geotechnical properties of laterite soil.
Materials used

Iron Ore Tailings Furnace Slag

solid waste produced during the by-product of mining operations


beneficiation process of iron ore which results from the smelting
concentrate. or fire refining processes.

the use of IOTs as raw partial replacement for opc,


materials. asphalt concrete aggregates, and
construction bricks.
FINDINGS :-

Iron Ore Tailings Furnace Slag

• Iron Ore Tailings is non plastic • Furnace Slag is non plastic


• IOT is 46% coarser and 56 % • Furnace Slag is 65 % coarser
fine and 35% finer
• Specific Gravity comes as 3.88 • Specific gravity is 2.17
FINDINGS :-
Iron Ore Tailings Furnace Slag

• The maximum dry density of IOT is 2.71 • The compaction can not performed
g/cc for 14% of OMC . • From direct shear test the angle of friction
• From direct shear test the angle of friction was found to be 21.9
was found to be 21.43° • pH value is 6.42 .
• pH value is 6.52 . • The permeability value comes as 0.0166
• The permeability value comes as 2.7 x 10- cm/s
cm/s
4
• The CBR value came as 9.26% .
• From CBR test the bearing ratio came as • Relative Density of the CBR sample
25.64%. comes as 54.5 %
TEST TO BE PERFORMED IN
STAGE III :-

For Laterite For Laterite


Soil soil + Tailings

Unconfined Unconfined
Wet Sieve Grain Size Standard
CBR Test Compression Compression CBR Test
Analysis Analysis Proctor Test
Strength Test Test

For the For the


percentages of percentages of
2,4,6,8,10 % 2,4,6,8,10 %
Limitations of Laterite soil :-

 Laterite soil does not possess a high shear strength and the strength is further lost upon

wetting.

 Care must be taken while constructing on these soils, especially where there is a risk of

frequent water inundation.

 The soils have a moderate to high permeability, which might make them consolidate faster

than high plasticity clayey soils.

 However, engineering properties can be enhanced by mechanical or chemical stabilization


METHODOLOGY

■ Laterite soil requires stabilization for improving the geotechnical properties.


■ As IoT and slag are industrial waste materials, it is decided use the materials in
improving the geotechnical properties by adding them in different quantities.
■ IoT is mixed with laterite soil in different percentages ranging form 0 to 10% in
increments of 2%
■ Geotechnical properties such as Grain size distribution, MDD, OMC, UCS, CBR of IoT
stabilized laterite soils are determined to check the efficacy of these materials as soil
subgrade.
For Laterite Soil :-
Wet Sieve Analysis Dry weight of the sieve: 318 gm

From the above test The Laterite Soil is 76%


Dry weight of sample + weight 718 gm
finer and 24% coarser . of sieve:
Weight of sample + sieve after 414 gm
over dry:
Retained on 75microns sieve: 96 gm

Percentage retained : 24 %

Fine Percentage 76 %
For Laterite Soil :-
Standard Proctor Test :-
Standard Proctor Test is carried out to study or understand the sample's compaction
characteristics with variable moisture content
MDD vs OMC for laterite soil
19.50

19.00
18.80
18.50

18.00 17.98
dry density in kn/m3

17.50 17.58

17.00

16.50

16.00 Series1; 16.04 16.01

15.50

15.00

14.50
6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00

moisture content in percentage

From The above curve , The Maximum Dry density obtained as 18.8 KN/m3 for the moisture content of 14.38 ≈
15% (Optimum moisture content)
For Laterite Soil :-
CBR Test :-
 CBR is the ratio expressed in percentage of force per unit area required to penetrate a soil mass with a standard
circular plunger of 50 mm diameter at the rate of 1.25 mm/min to that required for corresponding penetration in a
standard material.
 The ratio is usually determined for penetration of 2.5 and 5 mm.
 When the ratio at 5 mm is consistently higher than that at 2.5 mm, the ratio at 5 mm is used.

Penetration of Standard Load


Plunger (mm) (kgF)

2.5 1370

5.0 2055
CBR test for laterite soil
90.0

80.0

70.0

60.0

load in kgf
50.0

40.0

30.0

20.0

10.0

0.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

displacement in mm

CBR value at 2.5 mm penetration =(58.4/1370)*100 = 4.26 %


CBR value at 5 mm penetration = (70.7/2055)*100 = 3.44 %

So The CBR value of Laterite soil is 4.26 % .


Results :-
 From Wet Sieve Analysis , The Laterite Soil is 76 % finer .

 The Maximum Dry Density Obtained at 15% of water content.

 The CBR value is 4.26% Which is less while comparing with Iron Ore Tailings.

Also, we will mix different amounts of Iron Ore Tailings with the soil and compare the outcomes to the

characteristics of laterite soil.

For Furnace Slag , We will use it as partial replacement of normal sand .


THANK YOU

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