LABORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF MARBLE DUST FOR IMPROVING THE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF KAKINADA MARINE CLAY

Authors

  • D. Koteswara Rao Professor of Civil Engineering & Director, Faculty Development Centre, JNTUK Kakinada, A.P, India
  • T.Geethika Pushpanjali PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, JNTUK Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India,

Keywords:

Kakinada marine clay; Stabilization; Marble powder; Calcium chloride; Compaction test; CBR test

Abstract

India is a peninsular country which has a very long coastal line, with a length of 6400 km along Gujarat on the west coast to West Bengal on the east coast it is covered by highly compressed and soft marine clays. With the advent of urbanization, resulting search for more and more habitable land, it was essential that the large tracts of marine clays, which are considered inhabitable earlier, had to be retrieved and developed. These marine clays which are well known for its poor shear strength and high compressibility, posed
numerous problems to the builders. The present study deals with the engineering properties of the marine clay collected from Kakinada Sea Port Ltd, Kakinada, A.P, India, and the performance of marble dust as an admixture and calcium chloride as an additive for improving the strength characteristics of the marine clay

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Published

2018-08-22

How to Cite

Rao, D. K. ., & Pushpanjali, T. . (2018). LABORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF MARBLE DUST FOR IMPROVING THE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF KAKINADA MARINE CLAY. International Journal of Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering & Science, 4(8), 1002–1010. Retrieved from https://www.ijtimes.com/index.php/ijtimes/article/view/1165

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 8 (2018): Vol. 4 No. 8: Volume 4 Issue 8 (August-2018)

Section

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