Grouting involves injecting special liquids or slurries called grouts into soil or rock to improve its properties. There are two main types of grout: cementitious and chemical. Grouting is used in construction projects to increase bearing capacity, strengthen ground surfaces, fill spaces below ground, and reduce permeability and seepage. The grout is pumped or injected into the ground through small tubes. There are five main grouting methods: intrusion, compaction, permeation, jet, and electro grouting, which differ in the type of grout used and how it is injected into the soil or rock.
Grouting involves injecting special liquids or slurries called grouts into soil or rock to improve its properties. There are two main types of grout: cementitious and chemical. Grouting is used in construction projects to increase bearing capacity, strengthen ground surfaces, fill spaces below ground, and reduce permeability and seepage. The grout is pumped or injected into the ground through small tubes. There are five main grouting methods: intrusion, compaction, permeation, jet, and electro grouting, which differ in the type of grout used and how it is injected into the soil or rock.
Grouting involves injecting special liquids or slurries called grouts into soil or rock to improve its properties. There are two main types of grout: cementitious and chemical. Grouting is used in construction projects to increase bearing capacity, strengthen ground surfaces, fill spaces below ground, and reduce permeability and seepage. The grout is pumped or injected into the ground through small tubes. There are five main grouting methods: intrusion, compaction, permeation, jet, and electro grouting, which differ in the type of grout used and how it is injected into the soil or rock.
or slurry material called grout into the ground for the purpose of improving the soil or rock Types of grouts Cementitious grouts Chemical grouts(fine sand and silts) OBJECTIVES OF GROUTING It is used in foundation works before construction to increase bearing capacity To get the ground surface more stronger Grouting fills the empty spaces present below the ground surface It produces less permeable soil Seepage pressure is eliminated PRINCIPLE OF GROUTING The principle involved in grouting is to introduce grout materials in to the soil either by pumping of injecting of fluidized materials using small diameter tube TYPES OF GROUTING Grouting methods may be classified in to 5 categories 1.Intrusion grouting 2.Compaction grouting 3.Permeation grouting 4.Jet grouting 5.Electro grouting Grouting methods Intrusion grouting Consists of filling joints or fractures with grout Primary benefit is reduction in permeability of rock Used to prepare foundation and abutments for dams Usually done using cementitious grouts Permeation grouting Injection of thin grouts into the soil Once the soil cures, becomes a solid mass of impermeable Done using chemical grouts Used to stabilise the soil before excavation Grouting methods Compaction grouting Thin grout injected at high pressure.It is applicable for cohesionless soils.The main effect of grout is to compact the soil Used to repair structures that have excessive settlement Grouting methods Jet grouting Developed in Japan Uses a special pipe with horizontal jets that inject grout into the ground at high pressures Jet grouting is an erosion/replacement system that creates an engineered, in situ soil/cement product known as Soilcretesm. Effective across the widest range of soil types, and capable of being performed around subsurface obstructions and in confined spaces, jet grouting is a versatile and valuable tool for soft soil stabilization, underpinning, excavation support and groundwater control. GROUTING METHODS Electro grouting: In electro grouting method electro osmosis process takes place by the addition of chemicals such as calcium chloride or sodium silicate. When electric current is applied the chemicals starts flowing in the opposite direction i.e at cathode Here anode acts as grout injection pipe