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.