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Improving the Mechanical Properties of Fine Soil using Marble Waste


Vol. 7, Issue 01, PP. 10-14, January 2020

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Keywords: Marble waste powder, stabilization, expansion soil, properties, dam core

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In past many researchers used industrial waste to improve soil stabilization as low cost material and to save environment. Keeping this in mind, an attempt is made to evaluate the use of Marble Waste Powder (MWP) to stabilize the spacious clay. Marble industry is producing substantial amount of slurry with fairly good engineering characteristics. In this study, the marble waste slurry has been added to the soil to reduce the permeability of the dam cores. MWP was mixed with the soil with different varying proportions. Laboratory experiment include atterberg limits, liquid limit, hydrometer test, falling head permeability test, moisture density relation test, sieve analysis were performed on the treated and untreated soils. The result revealed that addition of 10-15% of MWP to the soil significantly improve in the density and strength and at the same time reduction in the permeability and plasticity of the stabilized soil with respect to varying moisture conditions is also very much improved.


  1. Abid Ali, , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Pakistan.
  2. Nauman Izhar, , Department of Civil Engineering, Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Landi Akhun Ahmad, Hayatabad, Pakistan.
  3. Qaiser Iqbal, , Department of Civil Engineering, Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Landi Akhun Ahmad, Hayatabad, Pakistan.
  4. Tahir Hamad, , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Pakistan.
  5. Rooh Ullah, , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Pakistan.

Abid Ali Nauman Izhar Qaiser Iqbal Tahir Ahmad and Rooh Ullah Improving the Mechanical Properties of Fine Soil using Marble Waste International Journal of Engineering Works Vol. 7 Issue 01 PP. 10-14 January 2020 https://doi.org/10.34259/ijew.20.7011014


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