Research Article
A Study on the Effects of Plastic Waste Strips and Lime on Strength Characteristics of Expansive Soil
Table 4
Summary of the effects of lime and plastic on geotechnical properties of expansive soil.
| | Addition proportion | Free swell (%) | Atterberg limits | Compaction characteristics | UCS (kPa) | CBR (%) | | LL | PL | MDD (g/cc) | OMC (%) |
| | Soil alone | 103 | 72 | 36 | 1.486 | 27 | 75 | 1.96 | | 5% L + 0% PS | 86 | 63 | 30 | 1.563 | 28.4 | 102 | 2.34 | | 5% L + 0.25% PS | 77 | 58 | 29 | 1.541 | 26.9 | 132 | 3.08 | | 5% L + 0.5% PS | 65 | 49 | 27 | 1.519 | 25.2 | 189 | 4.32 | | 5% L + 0.75% PS | 51 | 46 | 26 | 1.502 | 23.9 | 249 | 5.62 | | 5% L + 1% PS | 41 | 44 | 25 | 1.483 | 22.3 | 227 | 6.64 |
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