Quantifying biomediated ground improvement by ureolysis: Large-scale biogrout experiment

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1721-1728

  van Paassen, Leon A ^a   Ghose, Ranajit ^a   van der Linden, Thomas J M ^b   van der Star, Wouter R L ^b   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MICP; Seismic monitoring; Shear wave velocity; Smartsoils; Sporosarcina pasteurii; UCS; Urea hydrolysis; Urease

Indexed keywords

MICP; SEISMIC MONITORING; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SMARTSOILS; SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII; UCS; UREA HYDROLYSIS; UREASE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BENCHMARKING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METABOLISM; MONITORING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS; UREA; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EXPERIMENTS;

BIOREMEDIATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUTING; HYDROLYSIS; S-WAVE; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; UREA; WAVE VELOCITY;

SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII;

EID: 78349254166     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000382     Document Type: Article

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