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Comparative evaluation of freeze and thaw effect on strength of BEICP-stabilized silty sands and cement- and fly ash-stabilized soils

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This paper addresses a soil bio-stabilization technique using bacterial enzyme-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (BEICP) as an alternative to previous conventional methods including microbial-induced carbonate precipitation and plant-derived enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation. The extracted urease enzyme of viable S. pasteurii was used as a biological source along with calcium chloride and urea to solidify sandy soil and silty sand soil. The bio-treated soil columns were subjected to freeze and thaw (F–T) cycling for a durability evaluation. Engineering properties of bio-cemented soil including unconfined compressive strength, calcium carbonate contents, moisture contents, porosity, permeability, and microstructure were examined before and after the F–T durations. It was found that although bio-stabilizer was able to increase a frost duration of soil, the F–T cycling significantly impacted on the compressive strength of bio-treated soil, due to a formation of microcracks. This investigation has revealed that the BEICP method provided a similar capacity in F–T resistance of soil as using the traditional Portland cement stabilizer, whereas the class F fly ash did not improve F–T durability of medium dense soil.

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This work was supported by The University of Danang, University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, code number of Project: T2021-02-47.

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  1. Faculty of Road and Bridge Engineering, The University of Danang – University of Science and Technology, Danang, Vietnam

    Tung Hoang

  2. Faculty of Project Management, The University of Danang – University of Science and Technology, Danang, Vietnam

    Huyen Do

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

    James Alleman

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Bora Cetin

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 34467, Turkey

    Asli Y. Dayioglu

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Hoang, T., Do, H., Alleman, J. et al. Comparative evaluation of freeze and thaw effect on strength of BEICP-stabilized silty sands and cement- and fly ash-stabilized soils. Acta Geotech. 18, 1073–1092 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-022-01612-7

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