Lime-Stabilized Black Cotton Soil and Brick Powder Mixture as Subbase Material

Table 1

Engineering properties of black cotton soil.

Engineering property	Value
Specific gravity	2.67
Grain size analysis
(a) Gravel size (%)	0
(b) Sand size (%)	4
(c) Fines (%)	96
Plasticity characteristics
(a) Liquid limit (%)	86
(b) Plastic limit (%)	40.6
(c) Plasticity index (%)	45.4
IS classification	CH
Differential free swell (DFS) index (%)	100
IS light compaction
Maximum dry density (g/cc)	1.36
Optimum moisture content (%)	33
Soaked CBR (%)	1.17