Published Paper Details:

: Soil stabilization is nothing but the modification of soils to enhance their physical and mechanical properties to improve the shear strength and load carrying capacity of the subgrade and to reduce the shrinkage property of soil. Black cotton soil is always known for its high fertility rate but when it comes to the construction it becomes the matter of concern. In order to utilize the industrial waste, an attempt is made to stabilize the black cotton soil by adding steel slag. This project work aims to evaluate the effect of addition of steel slag with various percentages to stabilize the black cotton soil and to verify its suitability to be used as a construction material for road, embankment and structural fills. In the first phase, the physical engineering properties of the black cotton soil samples were studied by conducting CBR test on plain black cotton soil whereas in the second phase of the test, black cotton soil was mixed with 5%, 10% and 15% of steel slag as percentage of dry weight of black cotton soil. It is found that the properties of black cotton soil mixed with steel slag are suitably improved.