EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOIL USING TEXTILE SLUDGE WASTE TREATED WITH HYDRATED LIME

Abstract

Construction industry is very crucial for infrastructure improvement because it gives enormous rise to country's economy. Since black cotton soil are very fertile soil, so they are not good for pavement and foundation [1]. Black cotton soil is expansive clay, since it processes high swelling and shrinkage characteristics due to change in moisture content. Soil enhancement skill like stabilization and reinforcement are hired to improve geotechnical properties of soil, thereby strengthening the reliability of construction. Textile sludge waste was added to black cotton soil in varying proportions of 10 %, 20 %, 30 %, 40 % and 50 %. Hydrated lime was added to soil in varying proportions of 2 %, 4 %, 6 %, 8 % and 10 % with the optimum proportions obtained from textile sludge waste. The outcome drawn from this debate is that black cotton soil stabilized with textile sludge waste and hydrated lime showed optimum performance in prescription of 20 % and 6 % correspondingly by weight of soil.