Experimental determination of the behavior of black cotton soil using different admixtures

Improving the engineering property of soils by the addition of admixtures is called the soil stabilization. Stabilization was carried by different methods. In the present study different admixtures were used with black cotton soil with varying percentages and carried out the proctor test. Here black cotton soil was mixed with 10%, 20% and 30% of admixtures such as cement, FA, GGBFS, SF Metakaolin and RHA. Proctor test was carried out to find the maximum dry density and optimum moisture content. The results showed, 10% FA gave maximum MDD ,10% SF gave maximum MDD,20% RHA gave maximum MDD,30% GGBFS gave maximum MDD,30%Metakolin gave maximum MDD and similarly 30% cement gave maximum MDD.Hence for stabilization the above percentages can be considered as the optimum values of admixtures with black cotton soil.