Strength, stiffness, and microstructure characteristics of biocemented calcareous sand

L Liu, H Liu, AW Stuedlein, TM Evans… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Calcareous sands are known as problematic soils in nature and challenge geotechnical
engineers in many practical projects. Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is an …

Influence of cementation level on the strength behaviour of bio-cemented sand

MJ Cui, JJ Zheng, RJ Zhang, HJ Lai, J Zhang - Acta Geotechnica, 2017 - Springer
Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is used increasingly to improve the
engineering properties of granular soils that are unsuitable for construction. This shows …

Cementation of sand soil by microbially induced calcite precipitation at various degrees of saturation

L Cheng, R Cord-Ruwisch… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
A newly emerging microbiological soil stabilization method, known as microbially induced
calcite precipitation (MICP), has been tested for geotechnical engineering applications …

Microstructural and geomechanical study on biocemented sand for optimization of MICP process

D Mujah, L Cheng, MA Shahin - Journal of Materials in Civil …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Limited research has been reported on strength improvement of biocemented soils in
relation to crystal patterns of microbially induced calcite (CaCO 3) precipitation (MICP). In …

Shear strength envelopes of biocemented sands with varying particle size and cementation level

A Nafisi, BM Montoya, TM Evans - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a bio-mediated technique that
may be used to improve the strength and stiffness of soils. Various parameters affect the …

Unconfined compressive strength and visualization of the microstructure of coarse sand subjected to different biocementation levels

A Mahawish, A Bouazza, WP Gates - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Biocementation processes rely on microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP), which is a
naturally occurring biochemical process. Biocement materials are a form of environmental …

Influence of confinement and cementation level on the behavior of microbial-induced calcite precipitated sands under monotonic drained loading

K Feng, BM Montoya - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a novel ground improvement method to
increase strength and stiffness of sand using natural biogeochemical processes …

Review of strength improvements of biocemented soils

Y Xiao, X He, M Zaman, G Ma, C Zhao - International Journal of …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) has attracted great attention
recently for its ability to improve the mechanical properties of soils. Calcium carbonate …

Effect of relative density and biocementation on cyclic response of calcareous sand

P Xiao, H Liu, AW Stuedlein… - Canadian …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) represents a promising approach
to improve the geotechnical engineering properties of soils through the precipitation of …

An elastoplastic mechanical constitutive model for microbially mediated cemented soils

X Gai, M Sánchez - Acta Geotechnica, 2019 - Springer
Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is an innovative bio-mediated soil
improvement technique that develops cementation within originally loose and potentially …