Project Seminar On

“STUDY ON EFFECT OF GEOTEXTILES ON CBR

STRENGTH OF SOILS”

Presented by,
MOHAMMED AMAIR
YASER ARAFAT
Under the Guidance of, MD SALAHUDDIN
PROF.SUNILKUMAR B MOHAMMED KLASHIF
ABDULLAH
 CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
3. OBJECTIVES
4.METHODOLOGY
1. INTRODUCTION

In India, soft soil lies near the coastal regions. The shear strength of these soils are low. Also, due to its
low bearing capacity, high consolidation settlement and low permeability, it is very difficult to construct
any structures like roads. Roads constructed on such grounds are incapable of supporting modern traffic
loads. These roads are economical for low traffic volume. When they undergo large deformations,
periodic maintenance of these roads are limited due to cost considerations . Geotextiles have been
successfully used for reinforcement of soils to improve the bearing capacity. In this project the geotextile
as a tensional material have been used for reinforcement of granular soils
1.1 GEOTEXTILE

Geotextiles are permeable fabrics which, when used in association with soil, have the
ability to separate, filter, reinforce, protect, or drain. Typically made
from polypropylene or polyester
 1.2 TYPES OF GEOTEXTILES

• 1. WOVEN GEOTEXTILES :

• Woven geotextiles are made with synthetic

polymers that are woven together , this takes
longer to make but also have a high tensile
strength and load capacity.
• NON WOVEN GEOTEXTILE:
These are quicker and cheap to create , but
also have short life span and they are
permeable and made of non woven materials ,
such as polypropylene , polyamides and
polyethane.
 1.3 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WOVEN
AND NON WOVEN GEOTEXTILES

WOVEN GEOTEXTILE TRAITS NON-WOVEN GEOTEXTILE TRAITS

•Separation •Separation
•Reinforcement •Filtration
•High load capacity •Drainage
•Referred to by tensile strength •Referred to by weight
•Impermeable •Permeable
•Plastic-like •Felt-like
1.4 FUNCTIONS OF GEOTEXTILES
 2.LITERATURE REVIEW
YEAR 2012
Reference: Dr. P. Senthil Kumar et all

FINDINGS:-
Interfacing of both woven geotextile as well as nonwoven geotextile in an unpaved road especially
with soft subgrade, increases the penetration resistance and hence the CBR strength. Therefore, the
performance of the unpaved road is better with the inclusion of both the geotextiles and improves
further at larger depth of penetration.
YEAR 2013
Reference: Kundan Meshram
The following conclusions have been drawn from the study conducted on BC soil:
1. There is a need for improving the engineering characteristics of BC soil for road construction.
2. Incorporation of CGT between sub-grade and sub-base layer is an emerging technology. It not only stops seepage of water but also brings
reduction in thickness. Theingress of seepage water into the sub-grade is stopped by introducing the geotextile layer or membrane at the
interface of Granular Sub-base layer (GSB) and sub-grade which retains the intrusion of sub-grade soil into the interstices of granular sub-
base layer, and this enables proper function of GSB as drainage layer.
3. It is reducing intensity of stress on subgrade
4. Utilisation of non conventional material, like CGT, in construction of roads can provide cost effective and ecofriendly solution for road by
reducing the consumption ofother conventional materials.
5. The geosynthentic offers wide variety of products to solve may geotechnical problems being non- biodegradable and costly. Their use
should be restricted the natural materials like coir geotextile can be an option to improve the poor sub-grade soil.
3. OBJECTIVES : To study the effect of Geotextile on CBR
strength of :-
1. Black cotton soil
2. Moorum soil
3. Mix proportion of BC and moorum soil
 4. METHODOLOGY
• CBR test procedure
• Using black cotton soil
• The black cotton soil were placed in three layers at the mould.
• Each of the layers was compacted by 50 blows of a 24.7N rammer dropped from a distance of 300 mm.
• In the tests, thickness of the compacted layers was 35 mm.
• A nonwoven geotextile sheet produced from polypropylene raw material was used at the interface (i.e.,
between layer) as reinforcement.
• Surcharge weights of 2.5kg is placed on top surface of soil. Mould containing specimen is placed in position
on the testing machine.
• The penetration plunger is brought in contact with the soil and a load of 4kg(seating load) is applied so that
contact between soil and plunger is established. Then dial readings are adjusted to zero.
• Load is applied such that penetration rate is 1.25mm per minute. Load at penetration of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3,
4, 5, 7.5, 10 and 12.5mm are noted.
• Repeat the procedure by using woven geotextile sheet and compare the CBR value of woven and nonwoven
geotextile sheet .
• By using moorum
•
• The moorum soil were placed in three layers at the mould.
• Each of the layers was compacted by 50 blows of a 24.7N rammer dropped from a distance of 300 mm.
• In the tests, thickness of the compacted layers was 35 mm.
• A nonwoven geotextile sheet produced from polypropylene raw material was used at the interface (i.e., between layer) as
reinforcement.
• Surcharge weights of 2.5kg is placed on top surface of soil. Mould containing specimen is placed in position on the
testing machine.
• The penetration plunger is brought in contact with the soil and a load of 4kg(seating load) is applied so that contact
between soil and plunger is established. Then dial readings are adjusted to zero.
• Load is applied such that penetration rate is 1.25mm per minute. Load at penetration of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 7.5, 10
and 12.5mm are noted.
• Repeat the procedure by using woven geotextile sheet and compare the CBR value of woven and nonwoven geotextile
sheet .
• Obtained the higher CBR value by comparing above values .
• By changing the proportion of black cotton soil and moorum try to get higher CBR value and conclude the result.