Effect of Enzyme-Induced Calcite Precipitation in Fine-Grained Soil
摘要
Soil improvement is considered an alternative when the natural soil is unable to meet engineering criteria. In the past, applying cement or lime to the soil was one of the most popular ways to improve it. Nowadays, a variety of modified soil improvement techniques are available. Certain treatments are not environmentally friendly, while others are challenging to implement. Bio-stabilisation techniques have emerged as a result of the development of alternatives to mechanical and chemical stabilisation for soil. The process of bio-stabilisation, which encourages ureolysis and results in the precipitation of calcite in the soil mass, commonly involves enzymes. According to recent research on environmentally friendly ground improvement methods, enzyme-induced calcite precipitation (EICP) is a suitable option for soil development. Soil sample was silty clay with liquid limit 69%, plastic limit 28.3%, and plasticity index of 40.7%. Soil has an undrained shear strength of 25.4 kPa. By using 2.5 g/L urease enzyme concentration, the liquid limit and plasticity index of the sample decreased by 24.6% and 67.1%, respectively; the plastic limit of the sample increased by 26.6% and the qu value of the sample increased by 2.93 times after 14 days of curing.