ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 03 NO. 02 APRIL 2014:

Title:        Study on some physical and strength characteristics of cement stabilized soil
Authors:   Md. Asiful Islam, Masum Shaikh, Md. Keramat Ali Molla
Abstract:  this study is mainly concerned with the laboratory experiments of strength of cement stabilized soil at different cement contents with different water contents required as well. Firstly, soil samples were collected from a site near to khan jahan ali hall (kuet), khulna. The tests of liquid limits, plastic limit, plasticity index, specific gravity, grain size distribution were performed. Initial ll, pl, pi, specific gravity are found to be 55.78%, 28.2%, 27.58% & 2.71 respectively. After conducting the grain size analysis it was found that the collected soil was silty clay. Then to stabilize the soil a popular cement brand (king brand) was used. By mixing the cement at different percentage (5%, 10%, 15%, 20% & 25%) the unconfined compressive strength test were performed conventionally in the laboratory. This test includes pasting, molding, curing and finally the compression tests. The strength was measured for the period of 1, 3, 7, 14 & 28 days. After conducting the test, the failed samples were collected for further tests. It was observed that with the increase of cement ll decreases while the pl and specific gravity increase. Finally some graphical relations were established between various physical properties like ll, pl, specific gravity, pi with the mixing cement or water content.

Keywords:  Strength, Cement, Stabilization , Liquid limit, Plasticity Index
Page No:    176-182

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