STUDY OF STABILITY OF SOIL WITH USING STEEL FIBER
Keywords:
Soil, Plastic cover, Stabilization, Optimum moisture content (OMC)Abstract
Rapid improvements in the engineering world have influenced the lifestyle of human beings to a great extent.
But the day to day activities of mankind are augmenting risks to the environment in the same proportion. Use of steel
products in various industries is increasing day by day leading to various environmental concerns. Therefore, the disposal of
the steel wastes without causing any ecological hazards has become a real challenge. Steel wastes have become one of the
major problems for the world. In recent years, researchers from various fields have attempted to solve environmental
problems and huge waste caused by the production of non-biodegradable wastes like steel. Using a geotechnical viewpoint,
this study proposes a partial solution to a major item which piles up in the wastages i.e. Steel waste. But the primary
objective of this study is to examine the potential capability of stabilizing soil using waste steel fiber. Various tests such as
Standard Proctor, CBR were carried out with different samples to determine the effect of steel fibers in silty clay. The initial
results obtained were promising and supporting the fact of achieving stability of the soil. The advantages of this study results
in three folds- Utilization of natural resource (silty clay), Economy, and waste management. Mixing of steel waste fiber with
expansive soil helps to mitigate the volume change behavior of soil.
