j we UNIT-Vi ‘ @ P ‘Slabs Grouting — Objectives of gatouting - qrouts and “ther applications - methods of guouting - Sfage of grouting - hydotaulic roctiving in Soils and Bocks - post grout tests- * GRovTING > tf Grouting is q process off injecting a Fluid like materttal ‘into — sub surface soil or. tock- ae fs used © for. both temporary cand permanent WONK $+ : The — tajected. motevial i vefevud to as the, gnout or queue material The — process OF pouting. was developed primoxt as o technique for mating vertical Seepage basutiens beneath dams - and hydraulic Structires. x OBTECTIVES OF G ROUTING; f. tneeose he shuar strength of “the soll wey >To duvease the permeabilee ok. foil “and: compressibility of. Soil: 7 To reduce the Ligue fection in loose: Sand. > To ~ wereate the densification of Soils: > Reduce the | Seepage fonces.Pes Fon entrolling the _ Vibrations of foundations. — To -provide adequate lateral _ Support — % increase the beaxing capacity of soil. 4 fo Fill the voids present’ fn the soil strudfure. % (pes oF GRovTs- ee =e of qnouls Bosal cthere one. three types gerwxally used . they are iC) Suspensions (@ Emulsfons- Solutions - Ww Suspensions = ONS “Suspension consists of small - sized solid Posticles “dispursed tb a liquid medium. Eq Cement- grout. @ Emulsions - St consists ok colloidal choplet's oF Liquid dispersed “in a Liquid’ medtum. €9: | Bituminous. . &. Solutions Solutions ave of to ov. more, liquid hemog eneous moleaslor miatares Substances: These ate Hud in the — initial. state and can be pumpedY& to the ‘Soil and then after reaching the desired location jn the Soil mags they foam a gel or Set with tme- - €9: Chemical gaouts such as Sodium Silicate Solutions . * PROPERTIES OF GRovfs - Proputties of grout are described in terms of ive poxametins. ® Groutability @ Stability - 8 Setting ctime. ) Pemanence. GO Toniaty- ( Gaoutatilt : Gb is the ability ob the qrout Yeach the. desired location in the Soil mass -To- be able te do So, the qhout Should possess suliGeritly high Haidilg and the Suspended —posticles , if ang imust be a Size that enables them to entix the void spaces in the Soil mass: To sure this a Groutability Yatio has been defined ond its morimum value. prescribed as follows , dD, it Grouta lil Ratio = Us ob Si Des of grout