The document discusses conducting experiments to study the effect of marble dust and lime on soil stabilization. It outlines the objectives, which are to determine how geotechnical properties change with the addition of marble dust and lime and to study how it improves soil strength and stability. The methodology section describes the materials that will be used, including loamy soil, marble dust and lime. It provides a flow chart of the experimental methodology. The document also reviews previous literature and outlines the various tests that will be performed, including specific gravity, compaction, CBR and analyzing results.

1. TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF MARBLE DUST AND LIME
ON SOIL STABILIZATION
MINOR PROJECT WORK
ASSISTANT PROF.: MEMBER’S NAME:
MR. LALIT SINGH RAHUL BHATIA(35915603417)
RAHUL PRASAD(42915603417)
ANKIT MATHUR(43115603417)
RIDHIMA SANTYAL(50215603417)
SAMEER MEHRA(05715603417)

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
 INTRODUCTION
 OBJECTIVE
 LITERATURE REVIEW
 METHODOLOGY
 MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
 LIST OF EXPERIMENT
 RESULTS
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

3. INTRODUCTION
 It is the process of improving engineering
properties of the soil and thus making it more
stable.
 It also means the improvement of the stability
or bearing power of the soil by the controlled
compaction; proportioning and/or addition of
suitable admixture or stabilizers.

4. NEED OF STABILIZATION
Strength improvement
Control of shrink-swell properties of a soil
Improving the load bearing capacity of a sub grade and foundation soil to support
pavements and structures
Lower the compressibility of soil and therefore reduce the settlement when
structures are built on it
Increase in durability
Soil waterproofing

5. OBJECTIVE
To determine the change in geotechnical properties ,upon addition of marble dust
and lime.
To study the behaviour of strength gain or stability of loamy soil using marble
dust and lime.
 To reduce the construction cost by making the best use of waste and locally
available materials in sustainable manner.
 To improve certain properties of soil such as excessive shrinkage or swelling,
high plasticity, difficulty in compaction etc.

6. LITERATURE REVIEW
AUTHOR TITLE YEAR
PUBLISHED
FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
Vishal Kumar
Narnoli, Sanjeev
Kumar Suman,
Rajnish Kumar
Stabilization of Alluvial
soil using marble dust,
lime and burnt brick dust
for road construction,
ICGGE-2019
March 2019
 The maximum dry density increases and OMC
decreases when stabilized with marble dust,
brick dust, lime and brick dust.
 Therefore, marble dust and burnt brick dust may
be utilized as a waste material to improve the
properties of subgrade soil and decrease the
above adjacent layer thickness.
Riddhi Choksi, C.B.
Mishra, Nandan Patel
Use of Waste Marble
Powder to Improve Soil
Stabilization. May 2018
 Maximum dry density (MDD) goes on increasing
while Optimum moisture content ( OMC) goes on
decreasing which is a profitable sign of soil as
greater dense and hard.


7. AUTHOR TITLE YEAR
PUBLISHED
FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
Sreekumar. V. Babu Mary
& Rebekah Sharmila S
Stabilization of soil by
using Marble dust with
Sodium silicate as binder,
International Burch
University
March 2018
 By addition of marble dust and sodium
silicate the liquid limit and plastic limit of the
soil decreases up to 15% and increases
beyond this limit.
 By adding marble dust and sodium silicate
the soil group changes from CH to ML .
 The MDD increases with 15% marble dust
10% sodium silicate.
P.H. Bhengu and D. Allopi Lime-Stabilized Black
Cotton Soil and Brick
Powder Mixture as
Subbase Material,
ASRJETS
March 2018
 Lime stabilization of black cotton soil under
study improved the strength characteristics of
the soil.
 Use of brick powder reduces the content of
lime which in turn reduces the cost of project
as brick powder is freely available.
Ajay Pratap Singh
Rathore, Deepak Pathak,
Dr. J.K. Sharma
Soil stabilization using
different types of
stabilizers
January 2018
 Use of stabilizers for the modification of soil
texture and physical properties of soil and
completed with more economy by utilizing
waste materials like marble powder, brick
dust, polymer, and lime.

8. AUTHOR TITLE YEAR PUBLISHED FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
B.B Patel, H.B.
Thakar, Dr. H.R. Varia
C.B. Mishra
Use of waste marble
powder to improve the
characteristics of black
cotton soil, FUOYE
Journal of Engineering and
technology
April 2017
 CBR value of clay soil increase by stabilizing
soil with marble powder. CBR is parameter to
check the strength of sub grade soil.
 Liquid limit and plasticity index decreases
with the addition of marble powder in black
cotton soil.
Ali Akbar Firoozi, C.
Guney Olgun, Ali
Asghar Firoozi,
Mojtaba Shoeji
Baghini
Fundamentals of soil
stabilization
Firoozi et al. Geo-
Engineering (2017)
Department of Civil &
Structural Engineering,
Universiti Kebangsaan
2017
 Soils can be stabilized by the addition of
cement or lime When hydrated lime is mixed
with clay particles, it permanently forms
strong cementitious bonds.
 Sulphate attack and carbonation.
 Negative environmental impact.
 Problems in sulphate soils stabilized with
lime/cement
Atlug Saygili Use of waste marble dust
for stabilization of clayey
soil, ISSN July 2015
 Usage of waste marble dust in improving
problematic soils (especially swelling) will be
an alternative and economic method in highly
active clayey zones.

9. AUTHOR TITLE YEAR
PUBLISHED
FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
Manette Njike,
Oyawa Walter,
Nyomboi Timothy
Study on
Behaviour of Expansive
Soil Treated With
Quarry
Dust, International
Institute for Science,
Technology and
education
April 2015
 This aspect an experimental study was conducted on
locally available expansive soil by mixing it with Quarry
dust.
 California Bearing Ratio and shear strength when it is
mixed with different percentages ,10% of Quarry dust
there is an increase in strength parameters beyond it is
not effective.
J.B. Oza and P.J.
Gundaliya
Effect of Granite Dust
on Engineering
Properties of Lime
stabilized Black cotton
soil, Elsevier
publication
January 2014
 The optimum moisture content has decreased from22%
to 14.3% and the maximum dry density has increased
from 1.58g/cc to 1.88g/cc with the increase in granite
dust content.
 The addition of granite dust to the lime stabilised BC soil
improved the soaked CBR considerably. The addition of
5% lime and 30% granite dust increase the CBR 1.7% to
7.15%.

10. FLOW CHART FOR METHODOLOGY
MaterialCollection
Determine & Analyze the properties of normal soil
Addition of Marble dust & lime to soil sample
Test on soil sample with marble dust & lime
Compare the result and conclusions
Specific Gravity
Plasticity characteristics
Standard Proctor Test
CBR Test

11. MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
LOAMY SOIL MARBLE DUST LIME
 It is the mixture of clay, sand
and silt soil which consists of
additional organic matter and is
very fertile compared to other
types of soil.
 Marble dust is a waste product, a
powder which is generated during
the cutting process of marble.
 Marble dust contains high amount
of calcium, silica, alumina which
aids in the stabilization of the
soil.
 Lime, or CaO or Ca(OH)2, the
burned byproduct of lime
stone(CaCO3).
 Lime is used as an excellent soil
stabilizing material.
 Lime acts immediately and
improves various property of
soil.

12. PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS
LOAMY SOIL MARBLE DUST LIME
 Loamy soil is procured from, Yamuna
basin, is used as a representative soil
sample in present study. This soil is
collected from an open excavation at a
depth of 1 to 1.5 m below the natural
ground surface.
 Marble dust collected from Balaji
Marble factory ,Delhi is used in the
present study as a stabilizer. On visual
inspection the marble dust appears
white in colour and comes in fine
powder from the cutting of marble.
 Lime is procured from
the nearby local market
is used in the present
study as a stabilizer.

13. LIST OF EXPERIMENT
 Sieve Analysis: Determine the gradation i.e. distribution of aggregate particles, by size, within a given
sample.
 Determination of Moisture Content by oven dry method: Determine the water content of the given soil
sample.
 Determination of Specific Gravity: Determine the specific gravity of soil fraction passing 4.75 mm I.S.
sieve by pycnometer.
 Atterberg’s limit: This test establish the moisture contents at which fine- grained clay and silt soil transition
between solid, semi-solid, plastic and liquid states.
 Standard proctor test: To determine OMC at a given soil type and achieve its MDD.
 California Bearing Ratio test: To evaluate the subgrade strength of roads & pavements.

14. ENGINEERING
PROPERTIES
VALUE
1. Water Content (%) 2.04
2. Specific gravity 2.56
3. Particle size distribution
a) Gravel size (%)
b) Coarse Sand size (%)
c) Medium Sand size (%)
d) Fine Sand size (%)
e) Fines (%)
10
9
25.6
49
6.4
4. Plasticity characteristics
a) Liquid limit (%)
b) Plastic limit (%)
c) Plasticity index (%)
32
18
14
5. IS light compaction
a) Maximum dry density
(g/cc)
b) Optimum moisture content
(%)
1.65
14.2
6. CBR (%) 2.58
1.59
1.6
1.61
1.62
1.63
1.64
1.65
1.66
0 10 20 30
MAX.
DRY
DENSITY
(GM/CC)
OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT %
ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOIL
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0 5 10 15
LOAD
INTENSITY
(KG/CM
2
)
PENETRATION(MM)
0.05 0.5 5
PERCENT
FINER(%)
PARTICLE SIZE(mm)

15. PROPERTIES OF SOIL WITH VARYING CONTENTS OF LIME
ENGINEERING PROPERTIES 5% LIME 10% LIME 15% LIME
1. Specific Gravity 3.2 3.2 3.2
2. Plasticity characteristics
a) Liquid limit (%)
b) Plastic limit (%)
c) Plasticity index (%)
27.46
18
9.46
25
15
10
25.5
14
11.5
3. IS light compaction
a) Maximum dry density (g/cc)
b) Optimum moisture content (%)
1.68
11.4
1.79
11
1.71
11.2
4. CBR (%) 2.41 4.08 3.71
1.45
1.5
1.55
1.6
1.65
1.7
1.75
1.8
1.85
0 5 10 15 20 25
MDD
(g/cc)
OMC (%)
5 % LIME 10% LIME 15% LIME
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD
INTENSITY(kg/cm
2
)
PENETRATION(mm)
5% LIME 10% LIME 15% LIME

16. PROPERTIES OF SOIL WITH VARYING CONTENTS OF MARBLE DUST
ENGINEERING PROPERTIES 5% MARBLE
DUST
10% MARBLE
DUST
15% MARBLE
DUST
1. Specific gravity 2.52 2.52 2.52
2. Plasticity characteristics
a) Liquid limit (%)
b) Plastic limit (%)
c) Plasticity index (%)
19.66
10
9.66
20.67
12
8.67
21.36
12
9.36
3. IS light compaction
a) Maximum dry density (g/cc)
b) Optimum moisture content (%)
1.66
14.1
1.68
14
1.65
17
4. CBR (%) 0.3238 0.5380 0.2419
1.3
1.35
1.4
1.45
1.5
1.55
1.6
1.65
1.7
1.75
0 5 10 15 20 25
MDD
(g/cc)
OMC (%)
5% MD 10% MD 15% MD
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD
INTENSITY(kg/cm
2
)
PENETRATION(mm)
5 % MD 10 % MD 15 % MD

17. ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF MARBLE DUST & LIME WITH SOIL MIXTURE
ENGINEERING
PROPERTIES
80% LIME + 20%
MD
20% LIME + 80%
MD
30% LIME + 70% MD 70% LIME + 30%
MD
1. IS light compaction
a) Maximum dry density (g/cc)
b) Optimum moisture content
(%)
1.916
16.8
1.68
17
1.62
17.1
1.61
17.4
2. CBR (%) 4.68 4.20 1.50 3.22
1.25
1.35
1.45
1.55
1.65
1.75
1.85
1.95
0 5 10 15 20 25
MDD
(g/cc)
OMC (%)
80% LIME + 20% MD 20% LIME + 80% MD
30% LIME + 70% MD 70% LIME + 30% MD
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
LOAD
INTENSITY
(kg/cm
2
)
PENETRATION(mm)
80% LIME + 20% MD 20% LIME + 80% MD
30% LIME + 70% MD 70% LIME + 30% MD

18. CONCLUSION
The following conclusions are drawn from the experimental study:-
The CBR value decreased from 4.08 % for 80% Lime + 20% MD to 1.50% for 30% Lime + 70% MD
and then increased to 3.22% for 70% Lime + 30% MD.
 The maximum dry density increases and OMC decreases when stabilized with marble dust and lime.
 As marble dust is freely available and reduces the problem of waste disposal.
 The stabilized soil might be used in many projects such as road construction, bridges, construction of
airfield, industrial plants, dams, etc.
So, we conclude that at 80% Lime +20% Marble dust with soil mixture is best for practice soil
stabilization. Hence, the use of marble dust reduces the content of lime which in turn reduces the cost of
project.

19. REFERENCES
 B. Mishra, “A study on engineering behavior of black cotton soil and its stabilization by use of
lime,” International Journal of Science and Research, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 290–294, 2015.
 J. Oja and P. Gundaliya, “Study of black cotton soil characteristics with cement waste dust and lime,”
in Proceedings of the Nirma University International Conference on Engineering (NUiCONE 2012), pp. 110–
118, Gujarat, India, December 2013.
 M. K. Mohanty, Stabilization of Expansive Soil Using Fly Ash, Department of Civil Engineering, National
Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India, 2015.
 R. Rathan Raj, S. Banupriya, and R. Dharani, “Stabilization of soil using rice husk ash,” International Journal
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