@inproceedings{71cdf31d673849b1a5c0fa04447a9a0c,
title = "Microbial method for construction of an aquaculture pond in sand",
abstract = "A method to construct an aquaculture pond in sand using microbial biocementation is presented in this paper. The microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation process was used to form a lowpermeability layer in sand for the construction of a water pond model in the laboratory. The test results indicated that the permeability of sand was reduced from the order of 10-4 m/s to 10-7 m/s when an average 2-1 kg of calcium (Ca) per m2 of sand surface was precipitated. The bending strengths of the walls and the base of the model pond were in the range of 90-256 kPa. The unconfined compressive strengths for the samples taken from the walls and the base of the pond were in the range of 215-932 kPa.",
keywords = "Ground improvement, Grouting, Permeability, Seepage",
author = "J. Chu and V. Ivanov and V. Stabnikov and B. Li",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
series = "Bio- and Chemo- Mechanical Processes in Geotechnical Engineering - Geotechnique Symposium in Print 2013",
publisher = "ICE Publishing",
pages = "215--219",
editor = "Lyesse Laloui",
booktitle = "Bio- and Chemo- Mechanical Processes in Geotechnical Engineering - Geotechnique Symposium in Print 2013",
address = "United Kingdom",
note = "17th Geotechnique Symposium in Print ; Conference date: 03-06-2013",
}