Soil stabilization is a technique to improve the engineering and geotechnical properties of
soils such as mechanical strength, permeability, compressibility, durability and plasticity …

This book outlines the practice and theory of the five key tests used in site characterisation
by Geomechanical and Environmental Engineers. These tests are: Standard Penetration …

Soil-rock mixture (SRM) that is seriously affected by multiple factors such as particle
morphology, grading, and composition has been widely used in geotechnical engineering …

Microbial biopolymers have recently been introduced as a new material for soil treatment
and improvement. Biopolymers provide significant strengthening to soil, even in small …

Often, the use of traditional techniques in geotechnical engineering faces obstacles of
economical and environmental nature. The addition of cement becomes an attractive …

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 …

Conventional triaxial compression tests were conducted to determine the effect of cement
and polypropylene fiber reinforcement on sand. The cement content was 3%(dry wt.) of the …

Biocementation of soil using microbial-induced carbonate precipitation has become a new
approach for soil treatment. The biocemented sand behaves differently from uncemented …

A series of unconfined compression tests were performed on specimens of fiber-reinforced
cemented sand (FRCS) to evaluate how fiber inclusion affects the measured strength and …

In this paper, triaxial tests and numerical simulations using the discrete element method
(DEM) are combined to explore the underlying mechanisms of the unique behavior of …