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ABSTRACT
This work presents a study on the effect of plastic granules on the properties of soil. Utilizing the waste plastic
as granules in the soil solves the problem of disposing the waste and it does not show any considerable reduction
in the strength of soil. Experiments were done by taking an available weak soil as sample. These tests are
conducted on soil with varying percentage of plastic granules and without adding it and comparing those results.
Data presented includes dry density, shear strength, CBR value, permeability. The experiment reveals that
properties of the soil does not change considerably. The proposed technique can be used as an effective method
to dispose the waste plastic.
Keywords: Dry density, shear strength, permeability.
I.
Introduction
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II.
Literature Review
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III.
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% finer
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100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1
100
particle size, D ()
10000
IV.
Experimental Work
13.9
1.8
0.5
19.2
1.64
0.75
16.5
1.66
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COMPACTION
1.75
1.7
1.65
0.25
0.5
0.75
SAMPLE
25
d MAX, g/cm3
1.8
1.6
20
omc , w%
1.85
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20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
15
CBR for
2.5mm
10
5
CBR for
5mm
0
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
SAMPLE
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%
of
plastic
added
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
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0.12
0.1
0.08
c value
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0.06
0.04
V.
0.02
0
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
sample
Fig 5 cohesion Vs % of plastic
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value
25
20
15
10
5
Reference
[1]
0
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
sample
[2]
[3]
0.6
Max shear stress (kg/cm2)
Conclusion
0.5
[4]
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
[5]
0
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
% of plastic
Fig 7 Max shear stress Vs % of plastic
4.4 PERMEABILITY TEST
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