2016 permeation test results for grouts made with ultrafine cement

• Published in: Mining Engineering Vol. 69; no. 3; p. 22B
• Main Authors: Kaunda, Rennie, Henn, Raymond, Peretiatkol, Alex, Nazem, Ali, Wang, Fei, Khademian, Zoheir
• Format: Journal Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Littleton Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Cement; Cements; Density; Field tests; Graduate students; Grout; Grouting; Mines; Mining; Mining engineering; Penetration; Permeation; Portland cement; Portland cements; Ratios; Sand; Soil types; Ultrafines; Viscosity; United States > US
• ISSN: 0026-5187

The field demonstration portion of the Underground Grouting and Ground Improvement short course offered by the Colorado School of Mines was held on May 18, 2016 at Baski Inc's Yard in Denver, CO. Numerous full field scale demonstrations of grouting methods and equipment were conducted under various field conditions. As part of these field tests, permeation grouting testing and demonstrations were also conducted. Various cement grout mixes were injected into 1.5-meters tall transparent sand columns under controlled conditions). The objective of the sand column permeation grouting demonstrations in the study was to show students the effects of ordinary Portland cement versus ultrafine cement on the engineering properties of the grout, and the permeation height through various types of soil stratigraphic layers in the sand columns. Similar previous demonstrations have had a specific focus on various brands of Type I-II Portland cements and ultrafine cements with a range of water cement ratios and injection pressures. More detailed information about these previous studies can be found in published proceedings.