Settlement Potentials and Characteristics of Plastic Pellet Stabilized Sedimentary Formation

Olarewaju, A.J. (2018) Settlement Potentials and Characteristics of Plastic Pellet Stabilized Sedimentary Formation. International Journal of Advances in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (IJACIE, 1 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2550-7192

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Abstract

Structure built over a layer of saturated clay will result to consolidation settlement if the water table is lower permanently in a stratum overlaying a clay layer. The time taken for settlement is a factor that can influence the design and construction of civil engineering infrastructures. The coefficient of compressibility is the most suitable of all the consolidation parameters for direct estimation of settlement. In the world today, plastic waste has constituted environmental nuisance most especially in developing nations. Due to non-biodegradable nature of plastic waste, there is need to find alternative use, most especially in construction industry. In this study, the lateritic soil used was taken on the Ibeshe-Ewekoro-Ilaro Formation at Abalabi, along Papalanto-Ilaro road, Ogun State, Nigeria and the solid plastic wastes were taken from plastic recycling plant at Papalanto, Ogun State, Nigeria. The plastic wastes were cut into pellets passing through 5mm sieve and then substituted for lateritic soil from 0% to 50% at 5% interval while 0% plastic pellet substitution served as control experiment. For settlement potentials, 90% consolidation tests conducted on the composite materials of plastic pellet stabilized lateritic soil in line with BS 1377 (1990). From the results, coefficient of volume compressibility (Mv) and oedometer settlement (Soed) increases at certain dosage of plastic pellet increases in the lateritic soil. The use of plastic as lateritic soil stabilizers will reduce the quantity of waste and therefore, environmental risks and hazards caused by plastic waste would be greatly reduced if not completely eliminated

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Settlement, Potentials, Stabilized, Lateritic, Plastic, Soil, Waste, Environment.
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
Depositing User:	Joy Oluwabukola Olayiwola
Date Deposited:	28 May 2021 09:07
Last Modified:	28 May 2021 09:07
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1365

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