STUDY OF RUT CHARACTERISTICS

OF COIR GEOTEXTILE
REINFORCED SUBGRADE USING
WHEEL TRACKING APPARATUS

GUIDED BY
REJANI V. U.
PRESENTED BY
VIDYA M.
ANISHA C. S.
CHITRANJALI C. V.
SHAJI E. P.
PROJECT SUMMARY

The basic idea of the project-

 Comparison of rut behaviour of three subgrade
systems- Plain geotextile, Bitumen treated
geotextile, Rubber latex treated geotextile
(using CBR and rut depth) with a Subgrade
without geotextile.
 Apparatus used –Wheel Tracking Apparatus.
 Find the design load repetitions under rut
considerations.
 The rut depth for a given number of repetitions
is found out from which the design life of
pavement may be predicted.
WHEEL TRACKING APPARATUS
 VERNIER DEPTH GAUGE

MEASURING RUT DEPTH USING DEPTH GAUGE

RUBBER LATEX TREATED GEOTEXTILE IN A CBR MOULD
TREATMENT OF GEOTEXTILE WITH BITUMEN
AFTER PLACING THE GEOTEXTILE INSIDE THE TANK
SPECIFICATIONS

 COIR GEOTEXTILE - H2M6

 BITUMEN - VG30
 NATURAL RUBBER LATEX
PROPERTIES OF SUBGRADE SOIL

SL. PROPERTY OF SUBGRADE SOIL VALUES

NO OBTAINED
1. SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2.153

2. GRADATION SIZE
>4.75mm(%)
4.75mm-0.075mm(%)
<0.075mm(%)
3. LIQUID LIMIT(%)
4. PLASTIC LIMIT(%)
5. PLASTICITY INDEX(%)
6. SHRINKAGE LIMIT(%)

7. MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY(g/cc)

8. OPTIMUM MOISTURE
CONTENT(%)
9. CBR VALUE(%)(SOAKED)
10. IS CLASSIFICATION
 SOAKED CBR - SUBGRADE
200

180

160

140

120
Load in Kg

100

80

60

40

20

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Penetration in mm
 SOAKED CBR - SUBGRADE WITH PLAIN
GEOTEXTILE
250

200

150
Load in Kg

100

50

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Penetration in mm
 SOAKED CBR - SUBGRADE WITH RUBBER
LATEX TREATED GEOTEXTILE
400

350

300

250
Load in Kg

200

150

100

50

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Penetration in mm
 SOAKED CBR - SUBGRADE WITH BITUMEN
TREATED GEOTEXTILE
350

300

250

200
Load in Kg

150

100

50

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Penetration in mm
VARIATION IN RUT DEPTH FOR PLAIN SOIL

NO. OF LOAD RUT DEPTH IN mm AVERAGE

REPETITIONS SET 1 SET 2 SET 3 RUT DEPTH
(mm)
100 6 5.9 5.95 5.95
200 6.84 7.1 6.97 6.97
300 7.84 7.82 7.83 7.83
400 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.8
500 9 8.8 8.9 8.9
600 9.18 9 9.09 9.09
700 9.18 9 9.09 9.09
800 9.4 9.42 9.41 9.41
900 9.4 9.42 9.41 9.41
1000 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.4
VARIATION IN RUT DEPTH FOR SOIL STABILISED WITH PLAIN
GEOTEXTILE

NO. OF LOAD RUT DEPTH IN mm AVERAGE

REPETITIONS SET 1 SET 2 SET 3 RUT DEPTH
(mm)
200 3.8 3.84 3.42 3.69
300 4.38 4.56 4.12 4.35
400 5.8 5.68 5.02 5.50
500 6.28 6.56 5.04 5.96
700 7.12 7.74 6.76 7.21
900 7.56 8.02 7.28 7.62
1100 8.28 8.34 8.08 8.23
1300 8.86 9.02 8.74 8.87
1400 9.12 9.52 9.68 9.44
1500 9.44 9.86 10.04 9.78
1600 10.02 10.36 10.48 10.29
1700 10.84 10.76 11.06 10.89
1800 11.16 11.42 11.82 11.47
VARIATION IN RUT DEPTH FOR SOIL STABILISED WITH RUBBER LATEX
TREATED GEOTEXTILE
NO. OF LOAD RUT DEPTH IN mm AVERAGE
REPETITIONS SET 1 SET 2 SET 3 RUT DEPTH
(mm)
200 5.48 4.5 6.24 5.41
300 7.12 7.28 7.32 7.24
400 7.2 7.28 7.38 7.29
500 7.2 8.1 8.2 7.83
700 7.26 8.1 8.3 7.89
900 7.3 8.3 8.3 7.97
1100 7.86 8.3 8.3 8.15
1300 8.04 8.4 8.44 8.29
1500 8.04 8.4 8.44 8.29
1700 8.44 8.5 8.62 8.52
1900 8.44 8.54 8.68 8.55
2100 8.44 8.8 8.68 8.64
2400 8.74 8.8 9.4 8.98
VARIATION IN RUT DEPTH FOR SOIL STABILISED WITH BITUMEN
TREATED GEOTEXTILE

NO. OF LOAD RUT DEPTH IN mm AVERAGE

REPETITIONS SET 1 SET 2 SET 3 RUT DEPTH
(mm)
200 2.56 2.66 2.32 2.51

400 3.44 3.46 3.64 3.51

500 4.12 4.3 4.22 4.21

600 5.08 5.24 5.1 5.14

800 6.16 6.44 6.24 6.28

1000 6.32 6.46 6.64 6.47

1200 7.12 7.44 7.32 7.29

1400 7.44 7.76 7.56 7.59

1600 7.5 8 8.02 7.84

2000 8.1 8.54 8.76 8.47

ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
CBR VALUE AVG. RUT AT 1000 NO. OF LOAD
REPETITIONS
VALUE PERCENTAGE VALUE PERCENTAGE
INCREASE INCREASE
SOIL
SOIL
REINFORCED
WITH RUBBER
LATEX
TREATED
GEOTEXTILE
SOIL
REINFORCED
WITH PLAIN
GEOTEXTILE
SOIL
REINFORCED
WITH
BITUMEN
TREATED
GEOTEXTILE
WORKS TO BE DONE
 Durability test in treated
geotextiles(Tensile strength tests).
CONCLUSION
 After having completed the project so
far,we can conclude that