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EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON
UTILIZATION OF MURRUM AS HARD
SHOULDER MATERIAL
PRADEEP MULEY
PG Student
Department of Civil Engineering
M.A.N.I.T Bhopal, M.P. India 462051
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2 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
2.1 Material Used
The murrum soil and stone dust used in this study was collected from Vidisha-Bhopal National
Highway (NH-86) near Salamatpur Railway station in Madhya Pradesh and the stone dust was collected from
the crusher situated at Salamatpur Railway Station. The properties of murrum and stone dust are presented in the
table 1 and 2 respectively.
Table 1 Properties of the Murrum
Property
Specific Gravity
Gravel
Sand
Silt
Clay
Liquid limit
Plastic limit
Plasticity index
Classification Group
OMC
MDD
Soaked CBR
Result
2.66
7.6%
78.6%
10.3%
3.5%
41%
19%
22%
SC
13.00%
1.62 g/cc
10.94%
Property
Specific Gravity
Gravel
Fine Sand
Fines
OMC
MDD
Soaked CBR
Result
2.66
00.0%
26.2
73.8%
10.22 %
1.90 g/cc
58%
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Table 3. Values of Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index for murrum
Mixed with varying percentages of stone dust
10%
20%
30%
Liquid limit, %
41
36
29
28
Plastic limit, %
19
19
18
17
Plasticity index , %
22
17
11
11
It is observed that from the table 3 and fig. 1, that the liquid limit, plastic limit and plasticity index of murrumstone dust mix decreases with increase in percentage of stone dust. The plasticity of the mixes is reduced due to
increase in stone dust particles, a non-plastic material.
3.2 Effect of Mixing Stone Dust on of Compaction Characteristics of Murrum
IS heavy compaction tests were conducted on the murrum stone dust mixes considered in the investigation to
determine the maximum dry density (MDD) values and optimum moisture content (OMC) values. The results
are shown in table 4.
Table 4. Values of OMC and MDD for different murrum mixtures
Percentages of Stone
Dust Mixed with
Murrum (%)
Compaction Properties
OMC
(%)
13
MDD
(kN/m3)
1.62
10
20
30
12
11.50
10.50
1.68
1.78
1.90
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The variation of maximum dry density and optimum moisture content for varying percentages of additives are
shown in figure 2 and 3. The MDD values are increasing and OMC values are decreasing with increasing
percentages of stone dust added to the murrum. This is due to stone dust particles fills the voids of the coarse
grained particles of the murrum.
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Table 5. Values of CBR for different murrum mixtures
CBR, %
10.94
10
20
30
14.60
21.16
25.56
In the construction of roads on poor soils such as highly plastic clays, borrowed earth layer known as the select
soil needs to be laid. It should have soaked CBR more than 7. Further, the specifications for construction of
roads mention that CBR for hard shoulder material should be more than 12. The murram used in the present
study has CBR as 10.94 and as such, is usable as only select soil material. However, it may be seen from table 5
that by adding 10% stone dust, the material qualifies CBR requirement needed for hard shoulder.
As per MORD specifications, the granular sub base layer (GSB) used above sub grade should have CBR more
than 20 for grade C and more than 25 for grade B quality. The results of murrum stone dust mixes show that this
requirement is also met with by 20% and 30% stone dust respectively.
4 CONCLUSIONS
Based on the laboratory test results, the following conclusions are drawn:
1.
2.
3.
As the percentages of stone dust increased in the murrum, the plasticity characteristics of the mixture
decreases, MDD values increases and the corresponding OMC values decreases.
It is observed that the murrum of moderate CBR is improved significantly by varying quantity of stone
dust. In the present study soaked CBR of murrum was 10.94 which has been increased to 21.16 to
25.56 on mixing 20% and 30% stone dust respectively by weight of raw soil.
The soil which was not suitable as hard shoulder material, passes CBR requirement just by adding 10%
stone dust. Further the material satisfies CBR requirement of GSB material. The other requirement of
GSB such as liquid limit, plasticity index and the gradation may also be met with by manipulating the
quality and quantity of stone dust as this being a manufactured material.
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