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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i
ABSTRACT ii
CONTENT iii
LIST OF FIGURES iv
LIST OF TABLES v
ABSERVATION vi
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Block cotton soil 1
1.3 Soil Stabilization 2
1.4 Methods of Stabilization 2
1.4.1 Mechanical Stabilization 2
1.4.2 Chemical admixture stabilization 3
1.5 Need for soil stabilization 3
1.6 Advantages of soil stabilization 4
1.7 Applications of soil stabilization 4
1.8 Plastic waste 5
Data on generation of plastic waste
1.9 and generation 5
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 6
MATERILES AND
3 METHODOLOGY
3.1 Materials 8
3.1.1 Block cotton soil 8
3.1.2 Plastic waste 8
3.1.3 Objectives 8
3.2 Methodology 9
3.2.1 Sampling of soil 10
3.2.2 Deffrential free swell index 10
3.2.3 Grain size analysis 11
Specific gravity test by pycanometer
3.2.4 method 11
3.2.5 Liquid limit by casagrande method 12

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 3.2.6 Standard procter test 13
3.2.7 California Bearing Ratio Test 13-15
3.2.8 Unconfined Compressive Strength 15-16
EXPIRIMENTAL
4 OBSERVATION
4.1 Free swell index 17
4.2 Grain size analysis 17-18
Specific gravity test by pycanometer
4.3 method 19
4.4 Liquid limit by casagrande method 20
4.5 Standerd procter test 21-32
4.6 CBR tests on BC soil 33-44
4.7 Unconfined Compressive Strength 45-54
Overal Maximum Dry Dencity
4.8 Results 57
4.9 Overall Optimum Moisture Content 58
4.1 Overall CBR Results 59
4.11 Overall UCC Results 60
5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
5.1 Discussion 55-59
6 CONCLUSION 60
REFERENCES 61

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