Experiments and predictions of physical properties of sand cemented by enzymatically-induced carbonate precipitation

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-549

  Yasuhara, Hideaki ^a   Neupane, Debendra ^a   Hayashi, Kazuyuki ^b   Okamura, Mitsu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical; Compressive strength; Grouting; Laboratory test; Permeability

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; ENZYMES; GROUTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METABOLISM; MORTAR; POROSITY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UREA;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLYSIS OF UREAS; LABORATORY TEST; PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84871001223     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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