PRESENTATION ON SOIL STABILIZATION USING EGG SHELL POWDER

SUBMITTED TO-: SUBMITTED BY-:

Ms. STUTI MAURYA (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR) 1)PRAVEEN KUMAR-1573600034
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 2)RAKESH KUMAR CHAUHAN-1573600037
RAJKIYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE,AZAMGARH 3)ASHWANI YADAV-1573600014
4)SHIVANGI KUMARI -1573600046
CIVIL ENGINEERING,FINAL YEAR
SOIL STABILIZATION USING EGG SHELL POWDER
CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• MATERIALS USED IN THE STUDY
• LITERATURE REVIEW
• NEED OF SOIL STABILIZATION
• OBJECTIVES OF SOIL STABILIZATION
• METHODOLOGY
• REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
• Soil Stabilization is the alteration of soils to enhance their physical
properties.
• Over the last years, environmental issues have prompted human to use
industrial wastes as alternatives to some construction materials.
• Both earthwork researchers and engineers have paid considerable
attention to using wastes in soil stabilization and improving physical and
mechanical properties of soils.
• This may help both remove environmental problems and contribute to the
economy.
• Soil sample is taken from REC Playground to note down its various soil
engineering properties.
• We conducted various researches on this soil sample to know its properties.
• First of all,we conducted research on raw soil and reading is taken.
• After this stage,we conducted research on soil sample mixed with various
proportions of egg shell powder.
• We found quite differences in soil properties in either of the conditions.
• On comparison,we came to a conclusion that soil properties get enhanced when
it mixed with egg shell powder.
• The nature of soil is sandy loam at REC Playground.
• This presentation presents a study on the properties of soil stabilized by using egg
shell powder.
• Tests were conducted to assess the potential of egg shell powder in, which can
make the overall stabilization process economical and eco-friendly.
• Results obtained show that all the treated mixes gave much better strength than
untreated soil.
• Egg shell powder was introduced in quantities of 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% of the
weight of soil.
MATERIALS USED IN STUDY

• The materials used for this study consist of Soil and Egg shell powder.
• Sandy soil from REC Playground was used for the study.
• Egg shells are taken from mess of our college hostel.
• Eggshells were spread on the ground and air dried for 2 days.
• The egg shells, thus collected were crushed and made into powder form.
• The egg shell was then sieved through 75 micron IS sieve so as to bring it to the size
range of fine grained soil.
• The chief ingredient in egg shell powder is calcium.
• Use of egg shell powder in soil stabilization reduces the disposal
problems associated with egg shell generations.
• Powdering of egg shell can be done easily.
• Hence, use of egg shell powder in soil stabilization will make the
overall stabilization process economical, sustainable and eco-friendly.
LITERATURE REVIEW
(1)F.Z. Aissiou, A. Nechnech, and H. Aissiou conducted research on the use of eggshell
powder to stabilize expansive soils in Japan.
• They found that stabilizing agents such as lime is expensive and need to be replaced
economically.
• F.Z. Aissou et al. used eggshell powder as an alternative to stabilize expansive soils.
• Various laboratory experiments was carried out on soil specimens mixed with different
percentages of egg shell powder and the effect of eggshell powder was examined on
Atterberg properties of the specimens.
(2) O.O. Amu et al studied the effect of eggshell powder on the Stabilizing Potential of Lime on an
Expansive Clay Soil.
• He conducted series of tests to determine the optimal quantity of lime and the optimal
percentage of lime-ESP combination.
• The optimal quantity of lime was gradually replaced with suitable amount of eggshell powder.
• Results indicated that lime stabilization at 7% is better than the combination of 4% ESP + 3% lime.
Influence of Egg shell powder on OMC and Dry
density
% ESP OMC (%) MDD (g/cc)

0 26 1.51

1 26 1.49

3 26.5 1.46
5 27 1.45

10 28 1.41

15 28.5 1.395

20 29 1.39

25 29 1.375

30 30 1.34
(3) Okonkwo, Odiong and Akpabio, had a study, and aimed at determining the effect of eggshell ash
on the strength properties of cement-stabilized lateritic soil.
• All proportions of cement and eggshell ash contents were measured in percentages by weight of
the dry soil.
• The increase in eggshell ash content increased the Optimum Moisture Content but reduced the
Maximum Dry Density of the soil-cement eggshell ash mixtures.
• Also the increase in eggshell ash content considerably increased the strength properties of the
soil-cement eggshell ash mixtures up to 35% in the average but fell short of the strength
requirements except the durability requirement was satisfied.
(4) The studies on the Influences of Fly-Ash and Eggshell Powder on Some of Engineering Properties
of Al-Umara Soil, by Najwa Wasif Jassim showed that as the percentages of adding fly –ash and
eggshell powder increases, the reduction in the plasticity index amount for all soil samples increases
too at different rates.
• The values of cohesion decreased when the soil samples mixed with fly-ash, while there was an
increase in the values of internal angle of friction.
• In case of using eggshell powder, there was a small increase in cohesion values, but there was a
small decrease in the internal angle of friction values for the tested soil.
(5)According to Onyelowe Ken C, Okafor F and Nwachukwu D. G, revealed that the use of quarry
dust in soil stabilization is to improve engineering properties of soil.
• Quarry dusts are considered as one of the well accepted as well as cost effective ground
improvement for the stabilization of weak soil deposits.
• When quarry dust is added with expansive soil it is expected that it will make it more porous, less
durable, reduce cohesion etc, and also quarry dust has rough, sharp and angular particles and as
such causes a gain in strength due to better interlocking.
(6)Results on the Effect of Stone Powder and Lime on Strength, Compaction and CBR Properties of
Fine Soils by Nabil Al-Joulani , revealed that the addition of 30% stone powder has increased the
angle of internal friction (φ) by about 50% and reduced cohesion by about 64%.
• The addition of 30% of lime has decreased the friction angle and cohesion by 57% and 28%,
respectively.
• The maximum dry density and optimum moisture content decreased slightly by addition of 30%
stone powder, however, the addition of 30% lime decreased the maximum dry density and
optimum moisture content by 19% and 13.5%, respectively.
• The CBR values have increased from 5.2 to 16 and 18 by the addition of 30% stone powder and
lime, respectively.
• The above researches shows that eggshell ash in combination with cement leads to decrease in
strength and maximum dry density of the treated soil.
• Therefore,effective stresses on soil decreases and hence its shear strength decreases.
• When fly-ash was used as a stabilizing agent then the value of cohesion decreases,which
ultimately reduces the load bearing capacity of the soil.
• The use of quarry dust increases strength but it was found that it is less durable.
• Stone Powder decreases the maximum dry density which leads to decrease in strength of the soil.
• Therefore,by observing the previous studies we decided to use egg shell powder in optimum
amount to increase the strength of the soil.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
SOIL PROPERTIES VALUE
LIQUID LIMIT 67%
PLASTIC LIMIT 28%
MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY 1.71g/cc
OMC(OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT) 17.5%
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2.66
 NEED OF SOIL STABILIZATION
• Soil Stabilization is used to increase the shear strength of a soil.
• Stabilization controls the shrink-swell properties of a soil, thus improving the load
bearing capacity of a sub-grade to support pavements and foundations.
• Soil Stabilization improves the geotechnical properties and bearing capacity of soil.
• Stabilization results in reducing water absorption percentage, and preventing soil
swelling.
OBJECTIVES OF SOIL STABILIZATION
• The main objective of this paper is to determine the improvement in engineering properties of
clayey soil under varying percentage of Egg shell powder.
• An improvement in the strength properties of soil by addition of Egg shell powder will help to find
an application for waste materials to improve the properties of soil and can be used as a better
stabilizing agent.
METHODOLOGY
• The experimental program consisted of by varying the percentage of eggshell powder to the soil
and studied the compaction characteristics.
• The eggshell powder will be varied to get optimum strength.
• The proportions of lime and egg shell powder will be varied keeping the total replacement
amount a constant.
Study on Soil Properties using varying percentages of Egg Shell Powder consisted of-
• Proctor Compaction Test
• Atterberg Limits- liquid limit and plastic limit
• Direct Shear Test
• California bearing ratio (CBR)
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