Effect of Coconut Coir Fiber on Black Cotton Soil for Lalitpur Area in Uttar Pradesh

Abhishek Kumar Singh*, Nitin Kumar Shukla**, Ayush Mittal***, Ramendra Pandey****
*,**** Department of Civil Engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
**-*** Department of Civil Engineering, Rajkiya Engineering College, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Periodicity:September - November'2022
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.12.4.19057

Abstract

Black cotton soil is weak soil, possessing undesirable characteristics like shrinkage and swelling. Before undertaking any civil engineering project on such land, it must be rehabilitated before construction. Various work has been done by researchers to overcome these problems by using different types of soil stabilization, such as cement soil stabilization, lime soil stabilization, bitumen soil stabilization, etc. The present study includes the determination of the geotechnical properties of soil obtained from Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, and coir fiber (% of black cotton soil samples) in terms of soil strength.

Keywords

Coconut Fiber, Black Cotton Soil, Proctor Compaction Test, Direct Shear Test, Unconstrained Compression Test.

How to Cite this Article?

Singh, A. K., Shukla, N. K., Mittal, A., and Pandey, R. (2022). Effect of Coconut Coir Fiber on Black Cotton Soil for Lalitpur Area in Uttar Pradesh. i-manager’s Journal on Civil Engineering, 12(4), 59-65. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.12.4.19057

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