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Experimental study on shear and disintegration resistance of MICP-treated residual granite soil

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In natural state, granite residual soils have high shear strength. It is prone to disintegration when exposed to water environment. To investigate the influence of various reinforcement technologies on the disintegration resistance of granite residual soil and the corresponding solidification mechanism, a series of granite residual soil samples solidified by cement, lime and microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) are prepared. Direct shear test, disintegration test, and microscopic observation test are conducted on these solidified samples to evaluate the solidification effect of different reinforcement technologies. The results show that: (1) cement, lime and MICP treatment are effective in improving the shear strength and disintegration resistance of granite residual soil; (2) when cement and lime content is larger than 2%, and the MICP treatment of mixing + grouting is conducted, the solidified granite residual soil samples do not disintegrate within 3d, while their untreated counterparts completely disintegrates within 10 min; (3) the granite residual soil samples solidified by the MICP treatment of mixing + grouting produced a certain amount of colloidal calcium carbonate precipitates, which are capable of effectively cementing the soil particles and aggregates and fill the pores in the sample. This is the microscopic mechanism for the disintegration resistance improvement of the MICP-solidified granite residual soil.

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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52078142), National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong(2022A1515011047) and Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China(202002030194) for the support.

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    Deluan Feng, Yang Yu, Jie Wang & Shihua Liang

  2. Department of Shenzhen Municipality, Construction Quality and Safety Supervision, Shenzhen, 518108, China

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Deluan Feng: conceptualization, methodology. Yang Yu: data curation, writing—original draft. Jie Wang: data curation. Shihua Liang: funding acquisition, writing—review and editing. Caixing Fang: project administration.

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Feng, D., Yu, Y., Wang, J. et al. Experimental study on shear and disintegration resistance of MICP-treated residual granite soil. Environ Earth Sci 83, 179 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11496-3

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