Fundamental Parameters for the Stiffness and Strength Control of Artificially Cemented Sand

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Nilo Cesar Consoli (Author) Other; António Viana da Fonseca (Author) FEUP; Rodrigo Caberlon Cruz (Author) Other; Karla Salvagni Heineck (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering

Vol. 135 No. 9

Pages: 1347-1353

ISSN: 1090-0241

Publisher: ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Environmental engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Geotechnics

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-G8G

DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000008

Abstract (EN): The treatment of soils with cement is an attractive technique when the project requires improvement of the local soil for the construction of subgrades for rail tracks, as a support layer for shallow foundations and to prevent sand liquefaction. As reported by Consoli in 2007, a unique dosage methodology has been established based on rational criteria where the voids/cement ratio plays a fundamental role in the assessment of the target unconfined compressive strength. The present study broadened the research carried out by Consoli in 2007 through quantifying quantifies the influence of voids/cement ratio on the initial shear modulus (G(0)) and Mohr-Coulomb effective strength parameters (c('),phi(')) of an artificially cemented sand. A number of unconfined compression and triaxial compression tests with bender elements measurements were carried out. It was shown that the void/cement ratio defined as the ratio between the volume of voids of the compacted mixture and the volume of cement is an appropriate parameter to assess both initial stiffness and effective strength of the sand-cement mixture studied.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7