Effectiveness of microfine portland cement grouting on the strength and permeability of medium to fine sands

Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 319-326

  Mollamahmutoglu, Murat ^a   Avci, Eyubhan ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HITIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Groutability; Microfine cement; Permeability; Stability; Strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; GROUTING; MORTAR; SETTING; VISCOSITY;

FINE SAND; GRADED MEDIA; GROUTABILITY; MICROFINE CEMENT; PERMEABILITY; PROPERTY; RELATIVE DENSITY; SETTING TIME; STRENGTH; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

CEMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GROUTING; PERMEABILITY; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84941367529     PISSN: 05536626     EISSN: 15873773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3311/PPci.7674     Document Type: Article

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