VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

“Jnana Sangama”, Belgaum- 590018

2019-2020
A PROJECT REPORT ON
“IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL STABILITY USING
SHREDDED RUBBER TYRE”
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the
degree of
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING BY

ANSONY KUMAR YADAV 1NH16CV126

PRIYA RANJAN 1NH16CV085
OWAIS NAZIR 1NH17CV411
AMAN GAUTAM 1NH16CV125

Under the guidance of

Dr. JAGADEESH C.B
(Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, NHCE)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

NEW HORIZEN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Autonomous Institution Affiliated to VTU & Approved by AICTE
Accredited by NAAC ‘A’, Accredited by NBA)

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 NEW HORIZEN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Autonomous Institution Affiliated to VTU & Approved by AICTE
Accredited by NAAC ‘A’, Accredited by NBA)
Outer Ring Road, Panathur Post, Kadubeesanahalli
Bangalore-560103
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Certificate
Certified that the project work entitled “IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL STABILITY
USING SHREDDED RUBBER TYRE” carried out by Mr. ANSONY KUMAR YADAV
(1NH16CV126), PRIYA RANJAN (1NH16CV085), OWAIS NAZIR (1NH17CV411),
AMAN GAUTAM (1NH16CV125), bonafide students of New Horizon College of
Engineering in partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in
CIVIL ENGINEERING of the Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum
during the year 2019-2020. It is certified that all corrections/suggestions
indicated for Internal Assessment have been incorporated in the Report
deposited in the departmental library.
The project report has been approved as it satisfies the academic
requirements in respect of Project work prescribed for the said Degree.

Signature of the guide Signature of the HOD Signature of the

Principal

Dr. JAGADEESH C. B. Dr. NIRANJAN P. S. Dr. MANJUNATHA

External Viva
Name of the examiners Signature with date

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The satisfaction and euphoria that accompany the successful completion of any task
would be impossible without the mention of the people who made it possible, whose
constant guidance and encouragement crowned our efforts with success.

We have great pleasure in expressing our deep sense of gratitude to Dr. MOHAN
MANGHANI, Chairman of New Horizon Educational Institutions for providing necessary
infrastructure and creating good environment.

We take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to Dr. MANJUNATHA,

Principal, for his constant support and encouragement.

We are grateful to Dr. PRASANTHA C.S.R, Dean Academics, for his unfailing
encouragement & suggestions, given to us in the course of our project work.

We would also like to thanks Dr. NIRANJAN P. S, Head of Department of Civil

Engineering, for his constant support.

We have express our gratitude to Dr. JAGADEESH C. B., Professor, our project guide, for
constantly monitoring the development of the project and setting up precise deadlines.
His valuable suggestions were the motivating factors in completing the work.

Finally, a note of thanks to the teaching and non-teaching staff of Dept.of Civil
Engineering, for their co-operation extended to us, and our friends who helped us
indirectly in the course of the project work.

ANSONY KUMAR YADAV (1NH16CV126)

PRIYA RANJAN (1NH16CV085)
OWAIS NAZIR (1NH17CV411)
AMAN GAUTAM (1NH16CV125)

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IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL STABILITY USING SHREDDED RUBBER TYRE

ABSTRACT

A major problem associated with socioeconomic development of a country is waste

disposal. Use of recycled waste materials for civil engineering applications can provide an
attractive way to reduce the wastes to be disposed of and it may help in improving engineering
properties of soil. Safer disposal of rubber tyre waste has become a challenging job. In this study
a recycled waste product crumb rubber was used as an additive with black cotton soil to analyse the effect of
additive on soil properties. Statically compacted soil specimens have been prepared at optimum moisture
content and maximum dry density by adding 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 14%, 16% and 18% by weight of crumb
rubber power to the parent soil. It has been observed that there is a decrease in maximum dry density (MDD)
due to increase in percentage of crumb rubber power. Lower specific gravity of crumb rubber may have
caused the decrement in MDD values. Also it was observed that due to increase in percentage of crumb
rubber powder, unconfined compressive strength value of the soil increased.

California bearing ratio tests were carried out on soil and crumb rubber mix to study the effect of
crumb rubber in strengthening the sub grade. Results have shown increase in CBR values. Therefore it is
suggested that the waste crumbed tires can be safely used in the sub grade as a soil binder which will
effectively hold the soil with increased strength values.

Using a non-traditional waste as a stabilizer not only affects engineering properties of soil positively,
but it also helps in disposal of waste material.

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Dept Of Civil Engineering, NHCE, Bengaluru 2019-2020