Effect of Lime on the Shear Strength of Soft Soils

• Main Author: George Lowe, Bennett
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2006
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6924/1/2006%20-%20Effect%20of%20Lime%20on%20the%20Shear%20Strength%20of%20Soft%20Soils.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6924/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Soft marine and/or swampy soils are, generally, abundant in Malaysia and problematic in nature due to their very low shear strength. Therefore, remedial actions are, always, required to tackle this problem. The objective of this project is to study the effects of the use of lime as a stabilizer for soft marine and/or swampy soils. A research approach and an experimental approach was used to overcome this problem. A soft soil sample from Ipoh was tested using soil classification tests, compaction and unconfined compression tests. Lime dosages of 0%, 2%, 4%, 6% and 8% were added to the soil sample with moisture contents of 25%,30%,and 35%. The trend of the graphs were observed.The graphs stopped at 8% lime. For the graphs which did not show the optimum value, further testing is required using more percentages of lime such as 10%, 12% and so on.