Cementation of sand soil by microbially induced calcite precipitation at various degrees of saturation

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-90

  Cheng, Liang ^a   Cord Ruwisch, Ralf ^a   Shahin, Mohamed A ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Cementation; Durability; Microorganisms; Soil stabilization

Indexed keywords

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CEMENTATION; COARSE SANDS; CONSOLIDATED-UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL; CONTACT POINTS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DURABILITY TEST; FINE SAND; FREEZE-THAW; FRICTION ANGLES; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW DEGREE; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; SAND DEPOSITS; SAND SOILS; SIEVE ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRENGTH; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ACID RAIN; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; SUPERSATURATION;

STABILIZATION;

ACID RAIN; BACTERIUM; CALCITE; CEMENTATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DURABILITY; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REINFORCEMENT; SANDY SOIL; SATURATION; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84874297988     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2012-0023     Document Type: Article

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