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APPLICATION OF RUBBER TYRE POWDER  IN GRANULAR SOILS Synopsis of Thesis SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE O F MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY (STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING) SUBMITTED BY RAJWINDER SINGH BANSAL ROLL NUMBER 81402105008 SUPERVISOR  PROFESSOR SANJEEV NAVAL HEAD CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DAVIET JALANDHAR  PTU REGIONAL CENTRE DAV INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY JALANDHAR  2011 1

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APPLICATION OF RUBBER TYRE POWDER 

 IN GRANULAR SOILS

Synopsis of Thesis

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT

FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE

OF

MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY

(STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING)

SUBMITTED BY

RAJWINDER SINGH BANSAL

ROLL NUMBER 81402105008

SUPERVISOR 

PROFESSOR SANJEEV NAVAL

HEAD CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

DAVIET JALANDHAR 

PTU REGIONAL CENTRE

DAV INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

JALANDHAR 

2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PROPOSED TOPIC = APPLICATION OF

RUBBER TYRE POWDER

IN GRANULAR SOILS

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!% INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION:

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inhe)en* p)ope)*ies s-&h (s .o5 6ensi*y< hi/h e.(s*i&i*y< .o5 s*iffness< hi/h 6)(in(/e &(p(&i*y

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  $% METHODOLOG

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