BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I11193,
     title={Performance Evaluation of Block Cotton Soil Stabilized with Sugarcane Bagasse Ash and Randomly Distributed Core fibres},
     author={Jheelu Bajaj and Vikash Kumar Singh},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={11},
     pages={493--498},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I11193.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Transportation infrastructure is the key element for the growth of any country and is essential for good physical connectivity in the very small villages, remote areas and hilly areas can be accessed only by roads. “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna” (PMGSY) it was estimated that about 330,000 out of its 825,000 villages and habitations where without any all-weather road access. This Centrally Sponsored Scheme was introduced in 2000 by the Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It is under the authority of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and began on 25 December 2000. It is fully funded by the Central Government. For executing the transportation facilities, the quality of a pavement depends on the strength of its soil sub-grade. Soil is very basic and important element in civil engineering field. Usually each structure depends on the type and characteristics of foundation which depends on type of soil. Basically the black cotton soil is rather a difficult one to use in foundation because of its shrinkage and swelling properties.There are many methods to make black cotton soil stable for various constructions. Black cotton soil is comfortable for road work, compared to other types of soil. There are two ways to enhance the quality of subgrade soil -“Replacement of soil” or “Soil stabilization”. Soil stabilization can be done chemically or mechanically. Chemical stabilization is carried out by adding different chemicals in suitable proportion, while Mechanical stabilization is achieved by addition of admixtures which helps to improve the properties of soil. Today, the amount of wastes has increased year by year and the disposal becomes a world faces a serious problem in disposing the large quantity of agricultural waste like Sugarcane Bagasse Ash, rice husk ash and coconut shell etc. This paper presents the effects of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash and Core Fibre on, liquid limit, plastic limit, compaction characteristics and California Bearing Ratio on the black cotton soil. Design and construction of civil engineering structures on and with expansive soils is a challenging task for engineers. The present work is aimed to assess the improvement in the strength and stability characteristics in soft Subgrade soil by using the Sugarcane Bagasse Ash for the stabilization and then Core fibre as reinforcing material. Randomly distributed fibre reinforced soil (RDFRS) technique is used to prepare the reinforced soil samples. In RDFRS technique the mixing of reinforcement in the soil is very easy and no special skill is required. The reinforcement is added by percentage of the weight of the soil sample and by following certain aspect ratio i.e., length/diameter (L/D) ratio. Attempt is made to determine optimum combination of SCBA and core fiber content for maximum gain in strength.

BC Soil, Sugarcane Bagasse Ash, Core Fibre, Stabilization, CBR and Swelling