Performance Analysis for Stabilization of Black Cotton Soil Using Alkali Fly ash

Abstract

Infrastructure tasks equivalent to highways, railways, water reservoirs, reclamation and many others. Require earthfabric in huge quantity. In urban areas, borrow earth is not easy on hand, which needs to behauled from an extended distance. Relatively often, huge areas are protected with incredibly plastic and expansivesoil, which isn't suitable for such rationale. This analysis offers the stabilization of a regionalexpansive soil utilizing alkali-activated fly ash. First the elemental houses of black cotton soil are found out, the fly ash ofdifferent percentages such as 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50% are blended with black cotton soil and premiere amount used to befound out, The activated fly ashes at distinct alkali concentrations zero, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 molarities are used to performtests. Unique Geotechnical residences like Atterberg’s limits, compaction, CBR and UCS of stabilized expansive soilhave been demonstrated. It was once determined that there is a huge growth in Geotechnical residences of expansive soil withthe addition of alkali-activated fly ash and the outcome of alkali-activated fly ash is found extra suitable than naturalfly ash mix.