Vol. 5 (07) pp. 2808-2812 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5026

SOIL STABILISATION USING LIME AND ELEPHANT DUNG BIO-STRIPS.

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  • Undergraduate students in Civil Engineering, UKF College of Engineering & Technology, Kollam, Kerala, India.
  • Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering, UKF College of Engineering & Technology, Kollam, Kerala, India
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Abstract

This paper presents a study on improving soil properties by using lime and elephant dung strips. Elephant dung strips produced by drying and extraction of elephant dung was added as a replacement to lime. Results have shown that elephant dung strips added to soil considerably increased its strength and elephant dung strips can be used as an effective material to replace a major portion of lime in the soil stabilization process. Tests conducted using elephant dung strips alone also showed a significant improvement in strength when the bio-strips were used upto 4%.Replacement of more than half the quantity of lime by elephant dung strips can be effectively implemented in stabilizing soil for practical purposes.

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How to Cite This Article

Anoop S P, Hizana Beegom, Jwoleena P Johnson, Midhula J, TharisMuhammed T N and Prasanth S. (2017); SOIL STABILISATION USING LIME AND ELEPHANT DUNG BIO-STRIPS., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 5 (07), 2808-2812, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5026

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Prasanth S
Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering, UKF College of Engineering & Technology, Kollam, Kerala, India
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