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Study on mechanical properties of Yellow River silt solidified by MICP technology

  • Yuke, Wang (College of Water conservancy Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University) ;
  • Rui, Jiang (College of Water conservancy Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University) ;
  • Gan, Wang (College of Water conservancy Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University) ;
  • Meiju, Jiao (College of Water conservancy Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University)
  • Received : 2021.12.06
  • Accepted : 2023.01.19
  • Published : 2023.02.10
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Abstract

With the development of infrastructure, there is a critical shortage of filling materials all over the word. However, a large amount of silt accumulated in the lower reaches of the Yellow River is treated as waste every year, which will cause environmental pollution and waste of resources. Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) technology, with the advantage of efficient, economical and environmentally friendly protection, is selected to solidify the abandoned Yellow River silt with poor mechanical properties into high-quality filling material in this paper. Based on unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test, determination of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) content and scanning electron microscope (SEM) test, the effects of cementation solution concentration, treatment times and relative density on the solidification effect were studied. The results show that the loose silt particles can be effectively solidified together into filling material with excellent mechanical properties through MICP technology. The concentration of cementation solution have a significant impact on the solidification effect, and the reasonable concentration of cementation solution is 1.5 mol/L. With the increase of treatment times, the pores in the soil are filled with CaCO3, and the UCS of the specimens after 10 times of treatment can reach 2.5 MPa with a relatively high CaCO3 content of 26%. With the improvement of treatment degree, the influence of relative density on the UCS increases gradually. Microscopic analysis revealed that after MICP reinforcement, CaCO3 adhered to the surface of soil particles and cemented with each other to form a dense structure.

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Acknowledgement

The work present in this paper was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52178369; 52109140); Key Projects of High Schools of Henan province (20A560021); Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (202300410424); Youth Talent Promotion Project of Henan Province (2021HYTP016); Key Specialized Research and Development Breakthrough in Henan Province (212102310977); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M662533). These financial supports are gratefully acknowledged.

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