Clayey Soil Stabilization by the Inclusion of Banana Fiber and Microorganisms in the MICP Technique

  • Soundaryan Gopi Department of Civil Engineering, Excel Polytechnic College, Komarapalayam-637303, Tamil Nadu, India
Keywords: Quicklime Powder, Bacillus Magaterium, Bacillus mycoides, Bio cementation, Banana fibre, Molarity, Microscopic analysis

Abstract

MICP is a process to produce bio cementation by using a hydrated lime and it is an inorganic compound of Ca(OH)₂ is a white crystal or white powder called as a quicklime. And which the calcium ions in the lime are present in the research. In this research the bacillus magateriumand Bacillusmycoides bacteria with lime upon the two separate ways by using the bacteria in the different molarities of 0.25, 0.75, 0.75, 1.Bananafibre is mixed with the clayey soil and the silt clay soil to maximize the strength to reduce the moisture content or to make it as dry moisture content. Puzzolona may mix with lime powder to maximize the strength. The experimental is to be maintained in the research of bacteria as (Bacillus magaterium) and (Bacillus mycoides), it is dissolving phosphorous and potassium, promoting growth and control the plant diseases. This may do mainly in the untreated soil and mainly done in the clayey soil, silt clay and fine loamed soil to find the strength according to the different molaties. The engineering behaviour is treated sand by using the bacteria in the unconfined test, CBR test, Specific gravity, PH test. The permeability of sand is minimized in the range of 6.3xE-3 to 3.2xE-5cm/s. It may use in the ground improvement process and other construction process to maximize the compression strength by testing in the unconfined compressive strength. The experimental findings with the help of using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy disperse x ray analysis (EDX). The research will finally show the maximum compression strength of molarity in the MICP process. The lime may attain the more compressive strength by using the banana fibre can be effectively adopted to enhance the engineering characteristics of sand.

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2025-04-22
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