Journal of Advanced Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Volume 5, Issue 1&2 - 2018, Pg. No. 23-25

Peer Reviewed Journal
Review Article

A Review on Stabilization of Indian Soils for

Road Construction by Using Fly Ash
Vijinder Singh1, Vinod Kumar Sonthwal2
Lecturer, GPES, Uttawar (Palwal), Haryana-121103.
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Associate Professor, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Sector 26, Chandigarh-160019.

Abstract
There has been tremendous increase in the generation of fly-ash in India since more than 70% of the
electricity demand here is met by coal based thermal power plants. Coal fly ash is a by-product obtained
from coal combustion in thermal power plants and its improper disposal has become an environmental
concern, so there is an ongoing need to develop recycling methods for coal fly ash. The present review
focuses on use of fly ash in the soil stabilization thereby utilizing in civil engineering applications in Indian
context and thus provides directions for future research.

Keywords: Fly Ash, Soil Stabilization, Environment, Road Construction

Introduction
Soil is primary media for construction works being carries out in developing countries like in India. The shear strength
and bearing capacity of the soils available in India are very low, while the compressibility is very quite high. Admixtures
like lime, cement, rice husk ash, and fly ash are now-a-days widely used.

Figure 1.Micrograph of fly ash

These waste materials of their low cost and have attracted the attention of researchers because they help in improving
shear strength and bearing capacity of Indian soils.

Literature review
Fly-ash is now a day’s utilized widely in soils used for road construction activities. Various applications where fly ash is
used for soil stabilization in road construction have been discussed in Table 1 below.

Corresponding Author: Vijinder Singh, GPES, Uttawar (Palwal), Haryana-121103.

E-mail Id: vsdhull2010@gmail.com
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How to cite this article: Singh V, Sonthwal VK. A Review on Stabilization of Indian Soils for Road Construction by Using Fly Ash. J
Adv Res Civil Envi Engr 2018; 5(1&2): 23-25.

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Table 1.Previous researches on Fly ash and Soil composites for soil stabilization
Author Problem Statement Materials Findings
Mohammadinia Effect of fly ash on properties Fly Ash 15% fly ash was found to be the
et al., 2017 of crushed brick and reclaimed + optimum proportion for pavement
asphalt in pavement base/ crushed brick bases.
subbase applications

Haleem et al., Critical factors for the successful
2016 usage of fly ash in roads & bridges
and embankments.
Gopinath et al., Stabilization of Black Cotton soil
2015 by using Boiler Feed ash
Deb, T., & Pal, S. Effect of fly ash on geotechnical
K 2014 properties of local soil-fly ash
mixed samples. International
Journal of Research in
Engineering and Technology, 3(5),
507-516.
Arpita Compaction and Consolidation
Bhattacharyya ., Characteristics of Fly Ash Mixed
et al., 2013 With Locally Available Soil of
Tripura
Kate et al., 2013 Strength characteristics of
expansive clay mixes treated with
fly ash
Fly Ash in roads Fly ash has been treated as waste
& bridges and material, in India, till a decade back,
embankments. and has now being considered as
a resource material and also as an
environment savior.
Fly Ash By adding fly ash and precipitated
+ silica it is found that Shear strength
Black Cotton soil of soil is gradually increased.
Fly Ash 30% of fly ash contents or above
+ in soil-fly ash mixed sample, this
Silty-clay soil material may be used as land
filling and embankments in the
field of geotechnical engineering
construction.
Fly Ash The addition of local silty sand with
+ fly ash has been found to be very
Silty sand Soil effective in increasing the maximum
dry density (MDD) of fly ash with
60% soil sample and also increases
the plasticity index of fly ash
Fly Ash Results clearly indicated significant
+ increase in Unconfined Compressive
Expansive Clay mixes Strength with increase in percentage
(i.e. bentonite + of fly.
kaoline clay)

Conclusions & metallurgical engineering 2017; 4(3&4): 24-35.

In this paper, attempt has been made to provide information
associated with fly-ash management. The key findings based
on the literature review is that when fly ash when added
to local Indian soils produces better strength as compared
to the samples stabilized without fly ash. More research
should also be conducted in the near future to evaluate
the effects of fly ash on the soil strength of treated sands
and admixtures.
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Date of Submission: 2018-06-29
Date of Acceptance: 2018-07-10
ISSN: 2393-8307