Nontraditional Soil Stabilizer as the Driving Factor for Improving the Property of Expansive Soil

Because traditional soil stabilizing technologies are too expensive, many people turn to alternatives. The fact that they need more transportation and have a more significant impact on the environment, nontraditional soil stabilization was examined in this paper. The clay mineral constituent properties that cause expansive soils to shrink and swell cause a challenge. Expansive soils are ineffectual because of their shrink-swell tendency, water content, high permeability and compressibility, low shear strength. Soil failures, such as excessive settlement, substructure failure, and damage to the superstructure, result from these difficulties, among others. Methods for improving soil properties are discussed in this paper in relation to each other to reach the goal. Ionic, lignosulfonates, salts, enzymes, polymers, tree resins, and petroleum resins are among the nontraditional soil stabilizing agents was discussed. For this research, a nontraditional stabilizer has a significant impact on improving soil stability. Establishing standard testing protocols and evaluating the in-situ properties of nontraditional stabilized soils are recommended for future research in this area. Nontraditional soil stabilization is the solution to improving expansive clay soil.