INFLUENCE OF CRUDE OIL FOULING ON GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF CLAYEY AND SANDY SOILS

The contamination of soils and groundwater by hydro carbons, due to blow out, leakage from tank, or pipe and oil spill, is a heavy environmental problem because the infiltrated oil can persist in the ground for a long time .In this project, we have investigated the influence of the contamination on the prepared sand soil samples. The leak of oil products due to the enormous demand would result in contaminating the sand that might be used in the concrete industry. It has been experimentally investigated that the effect of contaminated sand with kerosene and diesel on the compressive strength of conventional normal weight concrete. It is clear from Figures that the behavior varies according to the contamination percentage and age o f the specimens.