PAPER ID:IJIM/V.2(VII)/56-63/8

AUTHOR: Ajaz Ahmad Hurrah, Er. Abhishek and Rubel Sharma

TITLE: EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL SOLID WASTE BAGASSE ASH ON THE PROPERTIES OF EXPANSIVE SOILS

ABSTRACT: Expansive soils may be defined as the soils that expand in volume with the ingress of water and shrink when the soils get devoid of water. The variation of volume depends upon the moisture content, also many researchers have shown swelling and shrinkage follow two different mechanisms and generally shrinkage limit does not relate to the swelling characteristics of the soil. As a result of this volume change in soil, significant distress in the soil occurs, causing severe damage to the overlying structure. On the onset of the rainy season, these soils swell and lose their capacity to bear water and generally become softer.

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