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Interpreting the experimental results of compressive strength of hand-mixed cement-grouted sands using various mathematical approaches

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Using two different test standards (ASTM and BS), the influence of five different sizes of sand on the ultimate stress (MPa) of hand-mixed cement-grouted sands modified with polymer is discussed in this study. The characteristics of cement-grouted sands modified with polymer up to 0.16% (percent weight of dry cement) were evaluated and measured in fresh and hardened conditions. Adding polymer decreased the water/cement ratio (\(w/c\)) from 0.6 to 0.5, and it kept the flow time of the cement-based grout in the range of 18 to 23 s recommended by ASTM standard. Using mix proportion and curing time, adding polymer significantly increased the prismatic and cylindrical compressive strength (MPa) by 113 to 577% and 53 to 459%. Several mathematical approaches such as linear regression (LR), Nonlinear regression (NLR), multilinear regression (MLR), Artificial neural network (ANN), and M5P-tree were used to predict the compression strength of cement-grouted sand with a different size of sand, w/c, polymer content, and curing age. Based on the scatter index (SI), objective function (OBJ) assessments, and training and testing datasets, the compressive strength of the cement-grouted sands can be predicted well using NLR and ANN models. The compression strength tested using the BS standard was 71% higher than the compression strength of the same mix tested using the ASTM standard.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

    Wael Mahmood

  2. Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, 46001, Kurdistan, Iraq

    Ahmed Salih Mohammed

  3. American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

    Ahmed Salih Mohammed

  4. Civil Engineering Department, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Parveen Sihag

  5. Computational Mechanics Laboratory, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, 14121, Heraklion, Athens, Greece

    Panagiotis G. Asteris

  6. Department of Highway and Bridge Engineering, Technical Engineering College, Erbil Polytechnic University, Erbil, 44001, Iraq

    Hawreen Ahmed

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Mahmood, W., Mohammed, A.S., Sihag, P. et al. Interpreting the experimental results of compressive strength of hand-mixed cement-grouted sands using various mathematical approaches. Archiv.Civ.Mech.Eng 22, 19 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-021-00341-0

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