Enhancing clayey soil performance with lime and waste rubber tyre powder: Mechanical, microstructural, and statistical analysis.

Kashif Irshad, Hesam Kamyab, Mohammad Yusuf, Moinul Haq, Mehboob Anwer Khan, Shahab Ali, Kausar Ali

Journal: Environmental research 2024;256():119217

PMID: 38788788

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Abstract

Nowadays, for soil stabilisation and cleaner production of geo-composites, the possibility of utilizing waste rubber is in vogue. The present paper deals with experimentally investigating the mechanical and micro-structural characteristics of weak Indian clayey soil partially substituted with lime (0-3.5%) and waste rubber tyre powder (0-15%). It was observed that, with increasing lime and rubber powder content, the plasticity index of the soil decreases. The shear strength and compaction testing results reveal that adding lime and rubber tyre powder (RTP) enhances the geotechnical performance of clayey soil up to an optimum dosage value. Also, the tri-axial shear testing was performed to obtain stress-strain curves for all considered soil mixes. For modified clayey soil containing 3% lime and 12.5% rubber powder, the cohesion values and bearing capacities improved phenomenally by 36.1% and 88.6% respectively, when compared to clayey soil. Further for this mix, SEM analysis reveals a compacted microstructure which improves dry-density and California's bearing ratio among all modified mixes. The novel co-relations upon regression analysis are found able to predict plasticity index, dry density, bearing capacity and shear strength with higher confidence levels. Overall, the cost-benefit analysis worked out to obtain the optimum cost of construction of footings and flexible pavement shows cost deductions up to 19% and 39% respectively while utilizing modified clay soil mixes containing 3% lime and 12.5% rubber powder in subgrade, ultimately making production stronger, cheaper and environment friendly.

Address: Interdisciplinary Research Center for Construction and Building Materials (IRC-CBM), Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: [email protected].; Department of Civil Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India. Electronic address: [email protected].; Department of Civil Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.; Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CETRI), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, S4S 0A2, Saskatchewan, Canada; Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. Electronic address: [email protected].; Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600 077, India; Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, UTE University, Calle Rumipamba S/N and Bourgeois, Quito, Ecuador.; Interdisciplinary Research Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (IRC-SES), Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119217

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MeSH Terms: Calcium Compounds, Oxides, Rubber, Soil, Clay, Aluminum Silicates