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Stabilization Mechanism for Sands Treated with Organic Acids from Laboratory Tests  

Ki, Jungsu (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University)
Yee, Eric (KEPCO International Nuclear)
Lee, Jonghwi (Hyundai Heavy Industries)
Chun, Byungsik (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.14, no.6, 2013 , pp. 39-46 More about this Journal
Abstract
The field of ground amelioration, many construction methods have been developed more prosperously up to now, but even now, the majority focuses on the improvement of ground strength. And they could not suggest concrete solutions to the occurrence of environmental issues. To address this problem, soil improvement methods employing organic acid materials have recently been developed as eco-friendly technologies for increasing the soil strength, but details regarding the basic stabilization mechanism are not known yet. Against this background, this research was conducted to examine the soil stabilization mechanism; for this purpose, unconfined compressive strength and pH tests were conducted by using an improved eco-friendly organic acid material. The test results revealed that the samples processed with the organic acid showed a considerable increase in the unconfined compressive strength over time as compared to the strength of the samples that were processed without the organic acid. It was also confirmed that the organic acid material promoted microbial breeding and improved the soil structure by reducing the volume of the voids in the soil. Therefore, the sustainable development of this method needs to be analysed more in the future.
Keywords
Organic acid; Stabilization; Unconfined compressive strength test; Microbe;
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