Susceptibility Of strength development by lime in gypsiferous soil-A micro mechanistic study

Jha, Arvind Kumar and Sivapullaiah, PV (2015) Susceptibility Of strength development by lime in gypsiferous soil-A micro mechanistic study. In: APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE, 115 . pp. 39-50.

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Abstract

The role of gypsum on the strength of lime treated soils after a long period of interaction is not well understood yet. The present study is performed to scrutinize the physical and strength behavior of lime treated soil with varying gypsum content. Lime and gypsum contents varying from 0 to 6% are considered in the present study for curing periods up to 28 days. To understand the long-term effects, the work has been extended up to 365 days, particularly with the use of 6% lime content and varying gypsum contents. Atterberg's limits turned out to be marginally affected by cation exchange. Unconfined compressive strength behavior of lime treated soil varies considerably with gypsum content and curing period. However, trivial alteration in strength is observed in the soil treated with lower lime content (up to 4%) and gypsum content up to 6%. On the contrary, strength of soil-6% lime mixture with addition of varying gypsum content shows acceleration in early strength at 14 days curing period. However, the strength at 28 days of curing declines but regains afterwards for 90 days. The trend at longer curing period for 180 and 365 days is, however, not unique but varies with gypsum contents. An attempt has been made to explain these changes on the basis of the form of gypsum, formation and conversion of reacted compounds (CASHH, CASH, MI and Ettringite). The proposed explanations were supported by detailed characterization through thermal analysis, XRD, SEM and EDAX studies of soil-lime-gypsum mixtures. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Keywords:	Gypsiferous; Lime; Microstructure; Mineralogy; Plasticity; Strength
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2015 07:09
Last Modified:	30 Oct 2015 07:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/52582

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