FIELD STUDIES ON THE MARINE CLAY FOUNDATION SOIL BEDS TREATED WITH LIME, GBFS AND REINFORCEMENT TECHNIQUE

摘要

Majority of the population in India are living in costal corridor, where the existing soils are weak and more deformative. It is becoming a great challenge for the civil engineers to design suitable foundation for the structures in these regions. The effect of GBFS, lime and geotextile as reinforcement & separator on the marine clay foundation soil bed in field has been investigated. A test track of 8m long and 2m wide was laid in the field for testing the treated and untreated conditions of the marine clay foundation soil beds. The ultimate load carrying capacity of the test tracks for untreated and treated conditions have been studied and also the degree of compaction of the test tract was found.