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Engineered use of microbial gas production to decrease primary consolidation settlement in clayey soils / A. M. Puzrin in Géotechnique, Vol. 61 N° 9 (Septembre 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 9 (Septembre 2011) . - pp. 785-794 Titre : Engineered use of microbial gas production to decrease primary consolidation settlement in clayey soils Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : A. M. Puzrin, Auteur ; J. Tront, Auteur ; A. Schmid, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 785-794 Note générale : Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Consolidation  Settlement Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : This feasibility study examines the use of in situ microbial gas production to engineer the consolidation properties of clayey soils by changing the settlement–time profile. A simple analytical model has been proposed to assess the swelling of the soil during the steady-state gas production, and to predict immediate settlements due to loading at the end of this process. For experimental validation of the suggested technique, Clostridium acetobutylicum, an anaerobic fermentative microorganism, was mixed into clayey-sand samples, fed with a nutrient-rich medium, and allowed to produce gas in situ. A series of standard oedometer tests was performed on gas-containing and gas-free soil specimens. Results showed that, in agreement with the model predictions, in situ gas production caused negligible swelling of the samples, while shifting a significant portion (up to 50%) of total displacement from primary consolidation settlement to immediate settlement without changing total displacements or the coefficient of consolidation. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.9.t.023 [article] Engineered use of microbial gas production to decrease primary consolidation settlement in clayey soils [texte imprimé] / A. M. Puzrin, Auteur ; J. Tront, Auteur ; A. Schmid, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 785-794. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 9 (Septembre 2011) . - pp. 785-794 Mots-clés : Consolidation  Settlement Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : This feasibility study examines the use of in situ microbial gas production to engineer the consolidation properties of clayey soils by changing the settlement–time profile. A simple analytical model has been proposed to assess the swelling of the soil during the steady-state gas production, and to predict immediate settlements due to loading at the end of this process. For experimental validation of the suggested technique, Clostridium acetobutylicum, an anaerobic fermentative microorganism, was mixed into clayey-sand samples, fed with a nutrient-rich medium, and allowed to produce gas in situ. A series of standard oedometer tests was performed on gas-containing and gas-free soil specimens. Results showed that, in agreement with the model predictions, in situ gas production caused negligible swelling of the samples, while shifting a significant portion (up to 50%) of total displacement from primary consolidation settlement to immediate settlement without changing total displacements or the coefficient of consolidation. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.9.t.023