SOIL STABILIZATION USING STONE-SLURRYWASTE RECOVERED FROM CUTTING STONE PROCESS IN ROCK QUARRIES

Journal Publisher ISSN Subject Issue Pages DOI Online Date The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management Widener University 1088-1697 Environment, solid waste and waste management Volume 37, Number 2 / May 2011 141-152 10.5276/JSWTM.2011.141 Monday, June 27, 2011

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PDF (474.7 KB) Authors Mousa F. Attom , Magdi El-Emam

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Civil Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah

Abstract This paper investigated the effect of using cutting stones slurry waste (SSW) as a stabilizing material with clay soil. For this study, three types of clayey soils with different plasticity indices and different clay fractions were selected to be used. Physical properties of the clayey soils such as Atterberg's limits, maximum dry density, optimum water content, specific gravity, and clay fraction were evaluated in accordance with American Standard for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard specification. The testing program includes measurement of cohesion, angle of internal friction and unconfined compressive strength of soil samples, remolded and compacted at different water content and different SSW content. For unconfined compression tests, two sets of soil samples were prepared to be identical in all physical properties except the type of fluid that is occupying the voids. The first set (i.e. unstabilized soil) was prepared by mixing a specific weight of pure water with pre-determined weight of clay solids and compact it to reach specific water content and dry density. However, in the second set (i.e. stabilized soil) a weight of clay solids similar to that used in the first set is mixed with an amount of SSW that has weight similar to the pure water used in the first set. Four different initial dry densities at each soil type with the same water content (unstabilized soil) or with the same SSW content (stabilized soil) have been used. For direct shear test, six specimens of each soil type (i.e. three for unstabilized soil and three for stabilized soil) are prepared at maximum dry density and optimum water content, or optimum SSW content. Results indicated that mixing the clay soil with cutting stone slurry waste increased maximum dry density and decreased optimum water content. Also, both unconfined and direct shear strength and stiffness were improved significantly due to the addition of stone slurry waste to the clay soil. Finally, it was found that the cutting stone slurry waste has more effect on soil with high plasticity. Keywords Shear strength, soil stabilization, clay, stiffness, slurry waste