Dynamic responses of calcareous foundation reinforced by microbially induced calcite precipitation

XIAO Peng; LIU Hanlong; SHI Jinquan; HE Xiang; CHU Jian; XIAO Yang

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XIAO Peng, LIU Hanlong, SHI Jinquan, HE Xiang, CHU Jian, XIAO Yang. Dynamic responses of calcareous foundation reinforced by microbially induced calcite precipitation[J]. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 2023, 45(6): 1303-1313. DOI: 10.11779/CJGE20220455

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Dynamic responses of calcareous foundation reinforced by microbially induced calcite precipitation

XIAO Peng^{1, 2,},
LIU Hanlong^{1, 3},
SHI Jinquan^{1, 3},
HE Xiang^{1, 3},
CHU Jian⁴,
XIAO Yang^{1, 3, ,}

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School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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Chongqing Railway Investment Group CO., LTD., Chongqing 400023, China
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Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore

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Received Date: April 17, 2022
Available Online: February 19, 2023

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The microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a green and ecofriendly technique to efficiently improve soil strength and mitigate liquefaction potential of soil. In this study, the temperature-controlled MICP method is used to reinforce the foundation model made with the calcareous sand from the South China Sea. A series of shaking table tests are performed to investigate the effects of biocementation level and soil depth on the dynamic stress-strain relationship, shear modulus, shear wave velocity and dynamic strength of the MICP-treated calcareous sand foundation. The test results show that the MICP can affect the dynamic response of the calcareous sand foundation significantly, indicating that with the increase of the biotreatment level, the dynamic shear strain decreases significantly; the area of stress-strain hysteresis ring and the energy dissipation decrease; the dynamic shear modulus increases with the decrease of increment amplitude; the shear modulus degradation at a larger depth is higher than that at a lower depth. The shear wave velocity increases with the biocementation level and becomes higher after shaking. The dynamic strength equation for the biotreated soil models from the triaxial cyclic loading tests, multiplying a reduction coefficient, can be used to simulate the dynamic soil strength of the MICP-treated calcareous sand foundation in the shaking table tests.
- biotreatment,
- calcareous sand,
- dynamic response,
- dynamic strength,
- shaking table test

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