Soil Stabilization by Bitumen Emulsion

Abstract

India is a developing country of the world. The people are migrating from village to city and the capacity of city is limited and some part of city is covered with expansive soil which could not have high strength because soil have low bearing capacity so to increase the strength of soil, soil stabilization process is very necessary. Soil is a sub base material of the earth. The earth is covered by different type of soils and one of such type is expansive soil which does not have high bearing capacity. So, the soil stabilization and compaction are used for increasing the bearing capacity of soil. Soil stabilization process is to stabilize the soil by chemical process by using various materials such as bitumen, bitumen emulsion, lime, cement, fly ash, waste material etc. Bitumen emulsion is a costly material which are used in small areas, pavement etc.