Penetrability of microfine cement grouts: Experimental investigation and fuzzy regression modeling

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 868-882

  Markou, Ioannis N ^a   Christodoulou, Dimitrios N ^a   Papadopoulos, Basil K ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cement grouting; Filtration; Fuzzy regression models; Grout pressure; Microfine cements; Penetrability

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROUTING; MORTAR; PRESTRESSED MATERIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAND;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUZZY REGRESSION MODELS; GROUT PRESSURE; INJECTION PRESSURES; MICROFINE CEMENT; ORDINARY LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PENETRABILITY;

CEMENTS;

CEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROUT; GROUTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PENETRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84934297113     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2013-0297     Document Type: Article

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