A Study ofProperties of RedMud for possible use as a Geotechnical Materialin Civil Construction

Abstract

Red mud a real solid waste\byproduct produced from the digestion of bauxite orewith caustic soda for the production of alumina.During the past decades, extensive work has been done by a lot of researchers to develop variouseconomic ways for the utilization of red mud.This paper designates the characteristic properties of Red Mud and possible use as ageotechnical material. Basics properties like Specific gravity, Particle size distribution, Atter Berg’s limit, OMCand MDD are determined. Engineering properties like shear strength, permeability and CBR values are alsodetermined in conformity with the Indian Standard Code and test results are deliberated in geotechnical point ofview.