Cement and Silica Fume Treated Columns to Improve Peat Ground

Improving the workability and strength of silica fume concrete by using silane-treated silica fume

Mortar with high workability even without a water-reducing agent and with high tensile and compressive strengths (3.1 and 78 MPa, respectively) was obtained by using as an admixture silica fume that had been surface treated with a silane coupling agent. The treatment enhanced the wettability of silica fume by water, thereby increasing the workability of the mortar mix. It also enhanced the bond...

Compressibility Behavior of Tropical Peat Reinforced with Cement Columns

This paper presents the compressibility of tropical peat reinforced with cylindrical cement columns. When a cement column is installed vertically in peat, its compressibility is reduced because of the hardened skeleton matrix formed by cement particles bonding with adjacent soil particles in the presence of pore water. The effects of the cement column diameter on the compressibility have been i...

Permeability Characteristics of Compacted and Stabilized Clay with Cement, Peat Ash and Silica Sand

The present paper investigates the influence of stabilization with cement, peat ash, and silica sand on permeability coefficient (kv) of compacted clay, using a novel approach to stabilize the clay with peat ash as a supplementary material of cement in the compacted and stabilized soil. In order to assess the mentioned influence, test specimens of both untreated and stabilized soil have been te...

Influence of (SBR) Latex and Silica Fume on Properties and Performance of Cement - based Repair Concretes

Influence of (SBR) Latex and Silica Fume on Properties and Performance of Cement - based Repair Concretes