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Effect Of Groundnut Shell Ash On Soil Stabilization
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OBJECTIVES
- To determine some physical properties
of the lateritic soil by adding Groundnut shell ash as alternative
binder in order to check for suitability for road construction in any
civil engineering project.
- To determine the effect of Groundnut shell ash as pozzolanic materials on lateritic soils.
- To determine the suitability of the modified soil on civil engineering project
1.3 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS SCOPE
The scope of this project includes the following:
- To determine the strength and bearing capacity of the selected lateritic soil sample.
- To determine the suitability properties of the soil sample on civil engineering project.
- To determine the index properties of their selected soil sample according to AASHTO soil classification scheme.
LIMITATIONS
This research is limited to the determination of effect which Groundnut
shell ash has on lateritic soil properties if used as an alternate
binder in any civil engineering project.
1.4 METHODOLOGY
The methodology of this research work involves:
- Collection of laterite soil at specified site, dry it and cruch it to allow pass 20mm sieve.
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Collection of Groundnut shell and burn it to ash in order to obtain
Groundnut shell ash and sieve it to pass 75mm or 0.075mm. Aparture
before use.
- Carryout various laboratory test on lateritic soil
properties e.g. sieve analysis, C.B.R test, compaction test, specific
gravity test, liquid limit and plastic limit test among others.
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Addition of Groundnut shell ash in various proportions i.e 2%, 4%, 6%,
8% to lateritic soil properties and carry out laboratory test on it
(C.B.R Test, Compaction Test, e.t.c)
1.5 JUSTIFICATION
The
justification to this research work the effect of Groundnut shell ash
on lateritic soil properties shall be determined through various
laboratory test which will enable us to know if the addition of
groundnut shell ash as an alternative binder in laterictic soil
properties is good and if it can be use in any civil engineering project
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