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@article{199184,
        author = {Piyush Kailas Songire and Dr. V. R. Saraf and Abhishek Vinod Sapkale and Vaishnavi Bhagwansing Patil and Param Vipulkumar Shah and Sachin Vilas Patil},
        title = {EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANT-BASED SOIL STABILIZATION: A LABORATORY STUDY ON SLOPE PROTOTYPES},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {12476-12483},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=199184},
        abstract = {In India, there are various regions significantly vulnerable to slope failures owing to intense & prolonged rainfall events, earthquake, unplanned construction activities etc. Hence it is required to adopt the soil stabilization techniques. Conventional stabilization methods include; mechanical reinforcement and chemical additives that improve the soil strength but might cause the sustainability concerns like high carbon footprint, loss of soil biodiversity and long-term soil degradation etc. Due to environmental, ecological and economical limitations occurs with conventional mechanical and chemical; stabilization methods there has been need to shift the focus on sustainable approaches such as vegetation-based stabilization. In addition to that, plant-based stabilization proves sustainable method which use root systems to naturally improve the soil characteristics while reduce the erosion, increase stability of soil. This paper investigates vegetative soil stabilization as a sustainable approach to improve the engineering properties of soil. In this study, in-situ slope prototype was prepared using black cotton soil and sand mixture in a 2:1 ratio. The Napier grass was elected as the vegetative solution based on comprehensive literature review with taking into account of its adaptability and drought tolerance. After a maturity period of 2 months, the shear strength of the material was re-evaluated. The slope profile of prototype was analysed using GeoStudio software to determine the factor of safety (FoS). The study concluded that, the overall integrity of the slope and shear strength of the soil has been positively enhanced by vegetation stabilization by higher factor of safety values, improved soil shear parameters (cohesion and internal friction), and root reinforcement effects seen in analysis or experimental results, which illustrating its potential as sustainable alternate for regions where problems like soil erosion occur.},
        keywords = {Sustainability, Stabilization, Prototype, Napier grass, Shear strength, GeoStudio.},
        month = {April},
        }