CONTENTS

ABSTRACT i
CONTENTS iv
LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF TABLES ix

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL 1

ORIGIN AND OCCURENCE OF EXPANSIVE

1.2 4
SOIL

1.3 NATURE OF EXPANSIVE SOIL 5

1.4 CLAY MINERALOGY 5

1.4.1 KAOLINITE GROUP 5

1.4.2 MONTMORILLONITE GROUP 6

1.4.3 ILLITE GROUP 7

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF

1.5 8
EXPANSIVE SOILS

1.6 CAUSES OF SWEELING 9

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

1.7 9
EXPANSIVE SOIL

1.8 FACTORS AFFECTING STABILIZATION 11

1.9 JUSTIFICATION OF RESEARCH 13

1.10 OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT 14

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2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 INTRODUCTION 15

STABILIZING USING EGGSHELL POWDER

2.2 15
(ESP)

3 MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 MATERIALS USED 19

3.1.1 EXPANSIVE SOIL 19

3.1.2 EGGSHELL POWDER (ESP) 19

3.1.3 WATER 21

3.2 METHODOLOGY 21

3.2.1 FREE SWELL INDEX 21

3.2.2 LIQUID LIMIT 22

3.2.3 PLASTIC LIMIT 22

3.2.4 PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION 22

3.2.5 STANDARD PROCTOR TEST 23

UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE
3.2.6 23
STRENGTH

4 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

4.1 SCCOPE OF THE WORK 25

4.2 PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLE 25

4.3 EXPERIMENTS 25

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 4.3.1 FREE SWELL INDEX 25

4.3.2 LIQUID LIMIT 27

4.3.3 PLASTIC LIMIT 30

4.3.4 PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS 31

4.3.5 STANDARD PROCTOR TEST 33

4.3.6 UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE

35
STRENGTH

5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

5.1 STANDARD PROCTOR TEST 37

5.2 UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH 43

5.3 DISCUSSIONS 60

6 CONCLUSIONS 61

REFERENCES 62

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