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The focus of the paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of using rice husk ash (RHA) as a pozzolana to
enhance the lime treatment of soil. The paper presents the influence of different mix proportions of lime
and RHA on compaction, strength properties, CBR values and durability characteristics of soil. The
results show that addition of RHA not only improves the strength development but also enhances the
durability of lime stabilized soil.
Keywords: Rice husk ash; Compaction; Unconfined compressive strength; CBR; Durability
34 IE(I) Journal-CV
commonly used to describe the composite strength- 16.5
stiffness parameters. As reported in literature,
development of strength of lime-flyash-soil mix depends on 16
%
conducted both under soaked and unsoaked conditions.
content,
Durability Tests 23
6 % RHA
temperature and then completely immersed in distilled 17 12 % RHA
water for 24 h. This completed one cycle of drying and 18 % RHA
wetting. The durability indices of the specimens were 15
obtained as a ratio of the compressive strength after 12 3 5 70
wetting and drying cycles divided by the compressive Lime content, %
(b)
strength of a sample prepared simultaneously, but stored Figure 1 Variation of standard Proctor compaction
under wet conditions during the entire test period.7 characteristics of soil with lime-RHA content
compressive
1.20
0.80 1.00
strength, MPa
strength,
0.80 0 % RHA
0.60 0.60 6 % RHA
12 % RHA
0.40 18 % RHA
Unconfined
compressive
0.40 0.20
3 % Lime 0.00
5 % Lime 7 28 56
0.20 Curing period, days
7 % Lime
(a) 3 % Lime
Unconfined
compressive
0.00 1.30
0 6 12 18
1.10
strength, MPa
RHA, % 0 % RHA
(a) 7 days curing 0.90 6 % RHA
1.20 12 % RHA
MPa
0.70
18 % RHA
0.50
Unconfined
1.00
strength,
0.30
7 28 56
0.80 Curing period, days
(b) 5 % Lime
compressive
compressive
0.60 1.40
3 % Lime
1.20 0 % RHA
strength, MPa
0.40 5 % Lime
7 % Lime 6 % RHA
1.00
12 % RHA
0.20 0.80 18 % RHA
Unconfined
Unconfined
0.60
0.00
0.40
0 6 12 18 7 28 56
RHA, %
Curing period, days
(b) 28 days curing
(c) 7 % Lime
MPa
1.40
Figure 3 Variation of UCS of lime-RHA-soil mix with
1.20 curing period
strength,
0.60
Since RHA is much cheaper than lime, its addition to
3 % Lime lime-soil mix can result in cost reduction of construction
5 % Lime in addition to solving its disposal problem. In tropical
0.40
7 % Lime
countries where rice husks are abundant and considered
0.20 as waste material, use of RHA in the construction of
Unconfined
28
1.50
26
UCS, MPa
CBR, %
24
1.30
Unsoaked
22 Soaked
5 % Lime
1.10 7 % Lime
20
18
0.90 0 6 12 18
RHA, %
0 6 12 18 (c) 7 % Lime
RHA, %
Figure 4 Variation of UCS of lime-RHA-soil mix cured at Figure 5 Variation of CBR of lime-RHA-soil mix with
60oC with RHA content RHA content
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