Biogeotechnical approach for slope soil stabilization using locally isolated bacteria and inexpensive low-grade chemicals: A feasibility study on Hokkaido expressway soil, Japan

Gowthaman, Sivakumar; Mitsuyama, Shumpei; Nakashima, Kazunori; Komatsu, Masahiro; Kawasaki, Satoru

Biogeotechnical approach for slope soil stabilization using locally isolated bacteria and inexpensive low-grade chemicals: A feasibility study on Hokkaido expressway soil, Japan

Gowthaman, Sivakumar; Mitsuyama, Shumpei; Nakashima, Kazunori et al.

Soils and foundations, 2019, 59(2), 484-499

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URI	https://hdl.handle.net/2115/77195
タイトル	Biogeotechnical approach for slope soil stabilization using locally isolated bacteria and inexpensive low-grade chemicals: A feasibility study on Hokkaido expressway soil, Japan
著者	Gowthaman, Sivakumar ; Mitsuyama, Shumpei ; Nakashima, Kazunori ; Komatsu, Masahiro ; Kawasaki, Satoru
著者名 Gowthaman, Sivakumar
著者名 Mitsuyama, Shumpei
著者名 Nakashima, Kazunori
著者名 Komatsu, Masahiro
e-Rad_Researcher 00304022 著者名 Kawasaki, Satoru
言語	英語
キーワード	Microbial induced calcite precipitation
	Indigenous bacteria
	Pure chemicals
	Low-grade chemicals
	Slope soil stabilization
発行日	2019-04
出版者	The Japanese Geotechnical society
収録物名	Soils and foundations
巻(号)	59(2)
ページ	484-499
抄録	Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) is one of the most popular biotechnological soil stabilization techniques since it results in significant improvements in the geotechnical properties of soil. The current study presents a laboratory-scale MICP investigation performed to demonstrate the feasibility of slope soil stabilization of the Hokkaido expressway through surficial treatment. The objectives of this preliminary study are to investigate the feasibility of (i) augmenting indigenous bacteria, and (ii) implementing commercially available inexpensive low-grade chemicals in microbial induced solidifications. Syringe solidification tests were carried out using indigenous ureolytic bacteria under various temperature condition with the use of different injection sources. A high strength crust layer was achieved on the soil surface with 420 kPa unconfined compressive strength (UCS) as measured by needle penetration test after 10 days of treatment using pure chemicals (30 degrees C; 0.5 M cementation solution, every 24 h; bacterial culture solution, only at the beginning). However, by substituting pure chemicals with low-grade chemicals, a significant improvement in the UCS of soil (820 kPa at 30 degrees C) was obtained together with a 96% reduction in the treatment cost. The morphologies and crystalline structures of the precipitated carbonate were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopical (SEM) observations. This alternative approach of introducing low-grade chemicals in MICP has the potential to provide significant economic benefits in field-scale applications.
資源タイプ	学術雑誌論文
出版タイプ	Accepted Manuscript
権利情報	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
権利情報	© 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
PISSN	0038-0806
関連情報 (isVersionOf)	出版社版DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2018.12.010