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INTRODUCTION
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3.1. Discussion
Based on earlier discussion, it is decided to select of mix of
soil with paper mill sludge (PMS), as also the permeability
resembled to that of sand. The value of MDD was in limit of
1.12 and could be used as replacement of sand in sand drain
work. And we carried our further research on consolidation
taking that mix percentage mix.
4. CONSOLIDATION BEHAVIOUR OF SOIL AND
PAPER MILL SLUDGE MIX
Figure 4 and 5 shows the consolidation behaviour of soil and
soil mixed with PMS.It is found that Cc(coefficient of
curvature) is around 0.086519 and 0.19028 for
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5. CONCLUSION
The results obtained in the experiments shows that the paper
sludge can be used in place of sand. Paper mill sludge are
characterized by a high water content, high compressibility
and large amount of organic fibers in the matrix. The
experiments performed clearly indicate that the permeability
of paper sludge mixture (sludge+ soil) is 1.01x 10-3. The
density of water is 1 g /cc and that of mixture (sludge+ soil)
is 1.12g/which is higher than the water.
When compacted, it reaches optimum water content of about
110%and a maximum dry unit weight of 5:3 kN/m3. To
obtain its minimum hydraulic conductivity (approximately
10-9 m/s), the sludge must be compacted at water contents of
approximately5080% wet of optimum, because such a
material is ideal for use in fluid-containment barriers, such
as liners. Compacted paper mill sludge is shown to be a
material that full fills an old dream of the geotechnical
engineers of a ductile material with reduced hydraulic
conductivity, with high shear strength, and available at a low
cost (paper mill sludge is a by-product of paper recycling
process) that could have multiple applications, such as in the
construction of bottom liners, cover liners, and steep sideslope liners for solid waste landfills.
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