Experimental Study of Improving the Properties of Lime-Stabilized Structural Lateritic Soil for Highway Structural Works using Groundnut Shell Ash

Olugbenga  AMU; Oluwaseun  ADETAYO; Feyidamilola  FALUYI; Emmanuel  AKINYELE

doi:10.48048/wjst.2021.9475

Authors

Olugbenga AMU Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Federal University Oye Ekiti, Nigeria
Oluwaseun ADETAYO Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Federal University Oye Ekiti, Nigeria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4743-8478
Feyidamilola FALUYI Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Federal University Oye Ekiti, Nigeria
Emmanuel AKINYELE Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48048/wjst.2021.9475

Keywords:

Laterite soil stabilization, Optimum lime, Groundnut shell ash, Highway structural works

Abstract

This research considered the viability of groundnut shell ash (GSA) on lime-stabilized lateritic soil for highway structural works. Three samples of lateritic soil, named samples A, B, and C, were gathered from Idita-Mokuro, NTA-Mokuro, and ETF burrow pits, respectively, in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Preliminary tests were completed on the samples in their natural states and when stabilized with optimum lime. Engineering properties were performed while 2, 4, and 6 % GSA contents were added to the soil samples at optimum lime. The Atterberg limit tests showed a significant reduction in the plasticity index for samples A and C when stabilized with lime. Compaction test showed a decrease in the maximum dry density from 1,685 to 1,590 kg/m³ for sample A, 1,599 to 1,512 kg/m³ for sample B, and 1,396 to 1,270 kg/m³ for sample C on stabilizing with lime; the introduction of GSA to stabilized lime soil diminished the maximum dry density for all the soil samples, with sample A reduced to 1,435 and 1,385 kg/m³ at 2 and 4 GSA contents, respectively. The addition of GSA improved the engineering properties of lime-stabilized soils as the unsoaked CBR esteems expanded for all soil samples. At an optimum lime dosage, the addition of 2 % GSA expanded the triaxial shear strength from 60.43 to 188.36 kN/m² for sample A and, at 4 % GSA content, both soil samples B and C increased from 19.19 to 201.48 kN/m² and 30.62 to 111.65 kN/m², respectively. Conclusively, GSA improved the toughness and strength of lime-stabilized lateritic soil for highway structural works.

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