Abstract
Microbiologically induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is now widely tried to improve the quality of mostly sandy soil due to its application prospect to sustainability, environment-friendly and cost-efficiency. The present study is aiming to evaluate the feasibility of bio-stimulation, one of MICP techniques, for strengthening the engineering quality of Shanghai silty sand soil, a special type of soil located in low hillside of west Shanghai, as well as the influence of two factors: CaCl2 as a cementing material and NiCl2 as a co-factor, which was rarely researched before and can be viewed as the influence of urease activity on bio-stimulation result. The direct shear test, unconfined compressive test, supersonic wave test and calcite mass test have been carried out to evaluate engineering performance of yellow silty sand soil enhanced by bio-stimulation method as well as their relationship with concentration of CaCl2 and NiCl2 solutions. The result shows that bio-stimulation method can significantly promote the characteristics of Shanghai yellow silty sand soil and there seems to be extreme point for concentration of CaCl2 and NiCl2 solution in improving the quality of Shanghai yellow silty sand. Microstructure and composition of treated soil by bio-stimulation method have also been analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy dispersive Spectrometer (EDS), with giving the corresponding micro-mechanism of bio-cementation among soil particles.
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