• Neha upadhyay
• Dhirendra kumar singh

: Soil Stabilization is the alteration of soils to enhance their physical properties. Stabilization can increase the shear strength of a soil , and control the shrink-swell properties of a soil, thus improving the load bearing capacity of a sub-grade to support pavements and foundations. Soil stabilization can be utilized on roadways , parking areas , site development projects , airports and many other situations where sub-soils are not suitable for construction. Among the several modes of transportation, the roads have been the most ancient and widely used medium. Since the ancient time for transportation of goods or travelling purpose, we used roads. Heavy loaded trucks running on the roads need special care and attention during construction phase so that they can bear the maximum load. Some of the soil having sufficient load bearing capacity but some of having poor. This research work mainly focuses on soil stabilisation using cement to improve geotechnical properties such as plasticity, compaction, and Unconfined Compressive Strength of the studied soil. These properties were determined before as well as after the stabilisation of soil. In this work it was found that higher the quantity of cement added to the soil, dry density of soil decreased and optimum moisture content increased. With the addition of cement to the soil, unconfined compressive strength increased, and it was also found higher at higher curing period. A series of California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests were carried out on randomly reinforced soil by varying percentage of polythene strips with different lengths and proportions. Results of CBR tests demonstrated that inclusion of cement in soil with appropriate amounts improved strength and deformation behavior of sub grade soils substantially. The tests such as liquid limit, plastic limit, standard proctor compaction test, California bearing ratio (CBR) test and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) have been conducted to check the improvement in the properties of soils having low bearing capacity such as black cotton soil.

Soil Stabilization, CBR, Unconfined compressive strength, cement

"soil stabilization using cement", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.1056-1060, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906726.pdf

"soil stabilization using cement", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp1056-1060, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906726.pdf