IMPROVEMENT OF SUBGRAD

E SOIL USING COIR AND JUTE

BY GEOCELL & GEOTEXTILE

GUIDED BY PRESENTED BY
Ms. Anisha. S Keerthi Surendran. S. S (35)
Asst. Professor Sandra. B. R (51)
Dept. of Civil Engineering Shahina. N (55)
HCET S8 CE
HCET

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CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Objective
• Scope
• Literature review
• Methodology
• Materials collection
• Geocell
• Geotextiles
• Test on kaolin clay
• CBR tests
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INTRODUCTION
• Geocell is a 3D honey combed cellular structure tha
t form a confinement system when infilled with com
pacted soil.
• The high strength geosynthetics can be used as basa
l reinforcement for the construction of embankment
over soft compressible foundation soils.
• This project describes about types of geocell and sui
tability in different locations.

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OBJECTIVE

• To determine engineering properties of soil.

• Evaluate the influence of geotextiles and
geocell.
• To compare the CBR values of geotextile
and geocell.
• To study the cost effectiveness.

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SCOPE
• To improve the weak subgrade soil by providing rei
nforcement.
• To access the applicability of coir geocell and jute g
eocell as subgrade materials.

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LITERATURE REVIEW
REFERENCE MATERIAL USED CONCLUSION
Huang(2004) Geotextile and coir A study which concentrates
geocells on the effect of input wheel
load and output stress or
stain that is produced in
the pavement. The
advantages of mechanistic
methods are the
improvement in the
reliability of a design, the
ability to predict the types
of distress, and the
feasibility to extrapolate
from limited field. It must
be noted that the Geocell
material can be selected
based on the field
requirements.

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LITERATURE REVIEW (Cont….)

REFERENCE MATERIAL USED CONCLUSION
Emersleben and Geocell
Meyer (2008) the surface deflection and
vertical pressure on the
subgrade which can be
reduced by the use of
geocells. The effect of
geocells shows that
performance improved as
the height to diameter
ratio was increased. The
use of geocells not only
reduced the amount of
material required, but it
also improved the speed
of construction

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METHODOLOGY

• COLLECTION OF SOIL SAMPLE

• COLLECTION OF GEOTEXTILES( COIR&JUTE)
• MAKING OF GEOCELL(COIR&JUTE)
• TEST FOR BASIC PROPERTIES OF KAOLIN CLAY
• CBR TEST ON SOIL SAMPLE
• CBR TEST ON SOIL WITH GEOTEXTILES
• CBR TEST ON SOIL WITH GEOCELL
• COMPARISON

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MATERIALS COLLECTED

JUTE GEOCELL COIR GEOTEXTILES

JUTE GEOTEXTILE

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GEOCELL
• Geocell improves the bearing capacity by 3to 5 times t
han that of the unreinforced case.
• It depending on the opening size and height of geocell.
• Geocell layer exhibits a beam action up to a settlement
ratio of 5% to 10%.
• After settlement ratio of 20%, geocell layer exhibits a
membrane action.
• Settlement ratio increases with increasing geocell ope
ning size; but decreases with the increase in geocell he
ight.
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STUDY ON COIR GEOCELL

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STUDY ON JUTE GEOCELL

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GEOTEXTILE
• A strong synthetic fabric used in civil engineering c
onstruction projects (such as highway or dam buildi
ng)
• That stabilizes loose soil and prevents erosion
• Geotextiles will prevent two soil layers of different
particle sizes from mixing with each other,
• They can even easily be placed under water.

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STUDY ON COIR GEOTEXTILE

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STUDY ON JUTE GEOTEXTILE

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TEST CONDUCTED ON KA
OLIN CLAY

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INITIAL PROPERTIES OF KAOLI

N CLAY

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SPECIFIC GRAVITY TEST

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SPECIFIC GRAVITY TEST

• OBSERVATION
DETERMINATION 1 2 3
No
Wt of bottle +soil .864 .858 .849

Wt of dry soil (Ws) .228 .222 .213

Wt of bottle + 1.651 1.642 1.644

soil+H2o
(W1)
Wt of bottle 1.511 1.511 1.511
+water(w2)
Specific gravity 2.59 2.68 2.66

Specific gravity =2.6

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ATTERBERG LIMIT (Cont….)

LIQUID LIMIT DETERMINATION
DETERMINATION 1 2 3 4
No.
Wt of H2o added 16 17 18 20

Wt of soil(ws) 50 50 50 50

No of blows 42 39 35
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Intial wt of H20 .1 .1 .1 .1

Final wt of H2o 16.1 17.1 18.1 19.1

Final water content .322 .342 .362 .382

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ATTERBERG LIMIT(Cont….)
PLASTIC LIMIT DETERMINATION
Wt of 10
container Plastic limit
(gm)
=Ww×100/Ws
Wt of wet 22.52 =22.6
soil+wt of
container
Plasticity index
Wt of dry 20.52
soil+wt of = liquid limit -plasticlimit
container =18.4
Wt of dry 10.52
soil (ws)
Wt of H2O 2
(Ww)

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ATTERBERG LIMIT (Cont….)

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HYDROMETER TEST

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CBR TESTS

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CBR WITH COIR GEOTEXTILE

Test CBR value CBR value of
condition of soil
unreinforced soil samples when
samples coir
geotextiles
placed at

Unsoaked 2.39% 1/3H =4.79%_

1/2H=4.26%
2/3H=3.99%

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CBR WITH JUTE GEOTEXTILE

Test CBR value CBR value of
condition of soil
unreinforced soil samples when
samples coir
geotextiles
placed at

Unsoaked 2.1% 1/3H =6.03%_

1/2H=5.34%
2/3H=5.04%

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FUTURE SCOPE
• CBR value of the reinforced and unreinforced soil is
to be determined.
• The compressive strength of soil with reinforcement
is to be determined.
• The bearing capacity test of soil with reinforcement
is to be conducted.
• The thickness of the pavement is to be determined
while reinforcement with coir geocell.

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CONCLUSION
• Geocell can be used as cost effective solution for va
rious engineering problems.
• Reduces construction time and better aesthetic for fi
nal structure.
• When geosynthetics are placed in different layers, th
e highest subgrade strength is achieved when placed
at 1/3H.
• By using natural geotextiles the environmental prob
lems produced to the use of polymeric materials can
be reduced.
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