Effects of foundry sand and cement on engineering properties of Red soil
Foundry sand, Cement, Plasticity index, Wetting-Drying, Durability.
Utilisation of locally available marginal soil as a construction material is one wise choice when improve its characteristics. Foundry sand is an industrial by-product obtained from industries.
In the present project, an attempt has been made to enhance geotechnical characteristics of locally available marginal red earth by addition of foundry sand in 10%, 30% and 50% to weight of dry soil.
It was observed that 30% addition of foundry sand to soil reduces plasticity to desired level (i.e, plasticity index<6%). Further present project intend to blend a strong stabilizer like cement to enhance the strength and durability of mix made with red earth and 30% foundry sand. In this regard, 2.5%, 5% and 7.5% of cement is added to above mix.
Addition of 5% cement mixed with 30% foundry sand has shown Unconfined Compressive strength of 3136.44 kPa. This strength has been achieved even after 12 Cycles of alternate wetting-drying of specimen prepared by blending 5% cement and 30% foundry sand mixed soil.
The addition of 5% Cement passing the required durability criteria.
Registration ID: IJVRA_702445 Published ID: IJVRA2603767
"Effects of foundry sand and cement on engineering properties of Red soil", IJVRA - International Journal of Versatile Research and Analysis (www.IJVRA.org), ISSN:2984-8903, Vol.4, Issue 3, page no.914-922, March-2026, Available :https://ijpub.org/ijvra/papers/IJVRA2603767.pdf
Paper Reg. ID: IJVRA_702445
Published Paper Id: IJVRA2603767
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Country: Krishna, Andhra Pradesh , India
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