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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,800 Views
18 Pages

Reuse of Drilling Waste Slurry as the Grouting Material for the Real-Time Capsule Grouting Technique

  • Chenlei Jiao,
  • Yu Diao,
  • Gang Zheng,
  • Yongchao Liu,
  • Jianyou Huang,
  • Ying Zhang and
  • Lejun Zhao

12 February 2023

A large amount of waste slurry is generated during construction, but direct sedimentation and transportation increase construction costs. Improper treatment leads to ecological and environmental pollution. This paper proposes to reuse drilling waste...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
3,478 Views
17 Pages

18 November 2019

In maintaining the efficiency of coal mining, the stability of roadway plays a significant role, as it is closely related to the production of coal and the safety of personnel. In deep underground coal mines, the rheological deformation of roadway no...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,386 Views
16 Pages

5 June 2019

Grouting ducts (containing steel strands) are widely used to increase the structural strengths of infrastructures. The determination of the steel strand’s integrity inside of ducts and the grouting quality are important for a strength evaluatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 9th World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography)
  • Article
  • Open Access
357 Views
27 Pages

19 June 2026

The severe deformation and failure of reused roadways due to repeated mining disturbances pose considerable challenges to roadway maintenance. In this study, field measurements were taken at the 13092 reused roadway of Zhaozhuang Coal Mine to determi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,326 Views
17 Pages

3 October 2024

This study presents a collaborative sensing approach that integrates the pre-embedded sensor method and the impact-echo technique to enhance the accuracy of grout filling quality assessment for precast concrete sleeve connections. The pre-embedded se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Long-Life Road Infrastructures: Materials and Structures, 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,155 Views
44 Pages

A Review of Grout Diffusion Mechanisms and Quality Assessment Techniques for Backfill Grouting in Shield Tunnels

  • Chi Zhu,
  • Jinyang Fu,
  • Haoyu Wang,
  • Yiqian Xia,
  • Junsheng Yang and
  • Shuying Wang

25 December 2025

Ground settlement is readily induced by shield–tail gaps formed during tunneling, where soil loss must be compensated through backfill grouting. However, improper grouting control may trigger tunnel uplift, segment misalignment, and, after soli...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,125 Views
13 Pages

29 December 2022

The post-grouting technology can effectively improve the bearing capacity and reliability of foundation piles, and it is of great academic and economic significance to evaluate the effect of post-grouting. However, in general, the evaluation of the e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,367 Views
25 Pages

A New Technique of Grouting to Prevent Water–Sand Mixture Inrush inside the Mine Panel—A Case Study

  • Rongjie Hu,
  • Wanghua Sui,
  • Daxing Chen,
  • Yuxuan Liang,
  • Ruijian Li,
  • Xinshuai Li and
  • Ge Chen

23 July 2024

Water–sand mixture inrush generally poses a significant threat to the safe operation of the quarry of coal mines. Therefore, proactive management initiatives are essential to enhance the impact resulting from mining operations. A novel approach...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Technologies for Mine Water Treatment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
8,310 Views
15 Pages

20 February 2017

The effectiveness of magnesium as a substitute material in enzyme-mediated calcite precipitation was evaluated. Magnesium sulfate was added to the injecting solution composed of urea, urease, and calcium chloride. The effect of the substitution on th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
975 Views
19 Pages

2 February 2026

Post-grouting is an active reinforcement technique that can significantly enhance the bearing performance of bored piles. This study conducted field tests on three in situ test piles using tip grouting, side grouting, and combined tip-side grouting....

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Abstract
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,520 Views
1 Page

Post-tensioned (PT) construction incorporating bonded tendons with cementitious grouts has been used for highway bridges. The tendon duct and the encapsulating grout materials provide barrier corrosion protection for the embedded high-strength steel...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 1st Corrosion and Materials Degradation Web Conference)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,334 Views
15 Pages

Post-tensioned (PT) construction incorporating bonded tendons with cementitious grouts has been used for highway bridges. The tendon duct and the encapsulating grout materials provide barrier corrosion protection for the embedded high-strength steel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,578 Views
15 Pages

20 December 2023

The surface roughness of grout in fractured rock masses has a significant impact on the diffusion characteristics of grout, especially in millimeter-scale fractures. In this study, a self-constructed experimental system for grouting in rough fracture...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,245 Views
32 Pages

30 November 2021

Colloidal silica (CS) is a kind of nanomaterial used in soil/rock grouting techniques in different branches of civil engineering. Many studies have recently been performed to investigate the potential of CS in improving the mechanical behavior of coh...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,707 Views
19 Pages

A State-of-the-Art Review on the Study of the Diffusion Mechanism of Fissure Grouting

  • Xueming Du,
  • Zhihui Li,
  • Hongyuan Fang,
  • Bin Li,
  • Xiaohua Zhao,
  • Kejie Zhai,
  • Binghan Xue and
  • Shanyong Wang

18 March 2024

China is renowned for its extensive underground engineering projects and the complex geological and hydrological conditions it faces. Grouting treatment technology is widely employed in deep-buried mines and tunnels, where grouting parameters such as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
5,307 Views
15 Pages

28 February 2020

Coal-grout composites were fabricated in this study using the jet grouting (JG) technique to enhance coal mass in underground conditions. To evaluate the mechanical properties of the created coal-grout composite, its unconfined compressive strength (...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Meta-heuristic Algorithms in Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,563 Views
16 Pages

Experimental Investigation on the Law of Grout Diffusion in Fractured Porous Rock Mass and Its Application

  • Donghai Jiang,
  • Xianzhen Cheng,
  • Hengjie Luan,
  • Tongxu Wang,
  • Mingguang Zhang and
  • Ruiyun Hao

16 October 2018

Because of the limitation of mining techniques and economic conditions, large amounts of residual coal resources have been left in underground coal mines around the world. Currently, with mining technology gradually developing, residual coal can poss...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluid Flow in Fractured Porous Media)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,460 Views
16 Pages

4 March 2026

Regional curtain grouting for water interception serves as a critical technique for achieving safe and efficient mining under complex hydrogeological conditions in deep mine deposits. This study focuses on the Cuihongshan Iron-Polymetallic Mine, wher...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
3,373 Views
17 Pages

New Insights of Grouting in Coal Mass: From Small-Scale Experiments to Microstructures

  • Yuantian Sun,
  • Guichen Li,
  • Junfei Zhang,
  • Junbo Sun,
  • Jiandong Huang and
  • Reza Taherdangkoo

19 August 2021

Pre-grouting as an effective means for improving the stability of roadways can reduce maintenance costs and maintain safety in complex mining conditions. In the Guobei coal mine in China, a cement pre-grouting technique was adopted to enhance the ove...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,187 Views
13 Pages

20 April 2020

The injection of grouts is a consolidation technique suitable for overcoming the structural deterioration of old stone masonry walls. Grouting operations involve introducing a suspension (grout) into a masonry core with the aim of improving the load...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Experimental and Computational Rheology, Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,534 Views
17 Pages

12 November 2024

The installation of high-pressure jet grout piles induces significant lateral soil displacement, which can adversely affect nearby structures, such as diaphragm walls. Based on field tests, this study systematically analyzes the lateral displacement...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,900 Views
16 Pages

Penetration Grouting Mechanism of Bingham Fluid in Porous Media Based on Fractal Theory

  • Jiakun Gong,
  • Chenxi Xu,
  • Yuan Wang,
  • Shan Gao,
  • Haikuan Chen and
  • Lu Jia

Penetration grouting is a significant grouting technique. The pore structure has important impacts on the infiltration mechanism of slurry in porous media. In this study, based on fractal theory, a theoretical penetration grouting model for Bingham f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal and Fractional in Geotechnical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,165 Views
15 Pages

31 March 2025

Grouting technology is widely used in foundation treatment to achieve the uplifting and correction of buildings. In this context, analyzing the slurry diffusion mechanism and the resulting behavioral characteristics is crucial for guiding precise eng...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Foundation Treatment and Building Structural Performance Enhancement)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,593 Views
19 Pages

A pressure-grouted helical pile (PGHP) is a stiffened helical pile installed by using the simultaneous drilling and grouting technique. The formation of the soil-cement column surrounded by the helical pile is influenced by the multiple installation...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
2,593 Views
16 Pages

Column-Hemispherical Penetration Grouting Mechanism for Newtonian Fluid Considering the Tortuosity of Porous Media

  • Zhiquan Yang,
  • Junfan Xiong,
  • Xuguang Zhao,
  • Xiangrui Meng,
  • Shaobin Wang,
  • Rui Li,
  • Yuan Wang,
  • Mao Chen,
  • Na He and
  • Hanhua Xu
  • + 1 author

7 June 2023

The intricate morphology of porous media can considerably affect the progression of penetration and the diffusion of grouting slurry. In this study, a Newtonian fluid’s refined seepage motion equation was proposed to incorporate the impact of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mine Ventilation and Dust Control Technology in Safety Management Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,604 Views
21 Pages

25 April 2025

Mud-protected bored piles are widely used in foundation engineering due to their high bearing capacity and strong adaptability to various geological conditions. However, the formation of mud skin around the pile shaft and sediment at the pile bottom...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Building Foundation Engineering and Underground Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,999 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Silica Fume Addition in the Long-Term Performance of Sustainable Cement Grouts for Micropiles Exposed to a Sulphate Aggressive Medium

  • José Marcos Ortega,
  • María Dolores Esteban,
  • Raúl Rubén Rodríguez,
  • José Luis Pastor,
  • Francisco José Ibanco,
  • Isidro Sánchez and
  • Miguel Ángel Climent

2 August 2017

At present, sustainability is of major importance in the cement industry, and the use of additions such as silica fume as clinker replacement contributes towards that goal. Special foundations, and particularly micropiles, are one of the most suitabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,869 Views
16 Pages

22 April 2024

Disturbance stress assessment is crucial for ensuring the safety of deep engineering projects. Currently, the primary technique for continuously monitoring three-dimensional disturbance stress is the stress relief method, but its accuracy can be comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,410 Views
16 Pages

13 August 2025

Cracking is the most prevalent deterioration issue in historic masonry, and grouting represents one of the most effective intervention techniques. Superplasticizer-free Natural Hydraulic Lime (NHL) grout is recommended for heritage conservation due t...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,421 Views
21 Pages

Cracking, Bond, and Durability Performance of Internally Cured Cementitious Grouts for Prefabricated Bridge Element Connections

  • Igor De la Varga,
  • Robert P. Spragg,
  • José F. Muñoz,
  • Michelle A. Helsel and
  • Benjamin A. Graybeal

25 October 2018

The use of cementitious grouts in prefabricated bridge element (PBE) connections is a common practice in the USA. Given the important role that these connections play within the infrastructure, the grout materials used must provide good flowability,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Cementitious Materials for the Construction Industry)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,810 Views
9 Pages

21 June 2022

Post-grouting technology has been extensively used in geotechnical engineering to improve the bearing capacity of various piles, which overcomes the technical limitations of the bored piles and recovers the mechanical performance of strata. A conside...

(This article belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
976 Views
28 Pages

Characteristics of Grouting-Induced Microfractures in Fractured Rock Masses: Numerical Simulation, Microseismic Monitoring, and Laboratory Tests

  • Qiukai Gai,
  • Lei Huang,
  • Shiqi Liu,
  • Qiang Fu,
  • Xiaoding Xu,
  • Jia Wang,
  • Xingxing Zhang,
  • Chao Chen and
  • Chuanjiu Zhang

21 November 2025

In deep mining engineering, grouting operations, although designed for reinforcement, inevitably induce microfracturing and associated microseismicity. Investigating the characteristics of grouting-induced microfractures in fractured rock masses is c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Processes in Mining Safety and Disaster Prevention: From Gas Extraction to Fire/Dust Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
610 Views
39 Pages

24 February 2026

To investigate the effect of different grouting pressures on the reinforcement of fractured sandy mudstone, grouting tests, mechanical experiments, CT scanning, and SEM analysis were conducted on fractured rock samples. Based on CT data, the precise...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,661 Views
18 Pages

7 November 2024

The effectiveness of grouting management is closely linked to the safety of mining operations, making the scientific and accurate evaluation of mine water hazard grouting management a critical issue that demands immediate attention. Current evaluatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,990 Views
23 Pages

Microstructural Effects of Sulphate Attack in Sustainable Grouts for Micropiles

  • José Marcos Ortega Álvarez,
  • María Dolores Esteban Pérez,
  • Raúl Rubén Rodríguez Escribano,
  • José Luís Pastor Navarro and
  • Isidro Sánchez Martín

8 November 2016

Nowadays, the use of micropiles has undergone a great development. In general, they are made with cement grout, reinforced with steel tubing. In Spain, these grouts are prepared using OPC, although the standards do not forbid the use of other cements...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,085 Views
19 Pages

18 January 2019

This review provides an overview of the recent progress in the field of the rheology of grouts for historic masonry consolidation. During the last two decades, significant research has been devoted on the grouting technique for stone masonry consolid...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Experimental and Computational Rheology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,493 Views
22 Pages

Design of Semi-Rigid Composite Highway Pavements Using Cementitious Grouting and Porous Asphalt

  • Sevil Kofteci,
  • Mansor Nazary,
  • Ahmad Khaled Masbah and
  • Halil Ibrahim Burgan

9 October 2025

Due to the increasing volume of traffic on the world’s highways, researchers have been searching for new composite techniques and methods to develop durable and cost-effective pavement structures. The semi-rigid pavement is a composite pavement consi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Green and Sustainable Materials in the Construction Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
736 Views
25 Pages

25 December 2025

Underground mining-induced surface subsidence poses significant risks to overlying structures, infrastructure, and the environment. Overburden delamination grouting has emerged as an effective technique to mitigate subsidence, but its design requires...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Monitoring, Process Control and Prevention Measures for Safety Problems in Coal Mining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,639 Views
22 Pages

Strata Movement of Gangue Grouting Filling in Subsequent Space for Coal Mining and Analysis of Its Practical Effects

  • Tailong An,
  • Zhongya Wu,
  • Jixiong Zhang,
  • Yexian Liu,
  • Gang Duan,
  • Nan Zhou and
  • Hao Yan

27 April 2023

There is a huge amount of solid waste generated in coal resource exploitation and utilization, leading to effects on the environment and hindering sustainable development. Aiming at the difficulty of disposal of coal-based solid waste from high-yield...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cemented Mine Waste Backfill: Experiment and Modelling)
  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,339 Views
22 Pages

25 October 2023

With rapid infrastructure development worldwide, the generation of industrial solid waste (ISW) has substantially increased, causing resource wastage and environmental pollution. Meanwhile, tunnel engineering requires large quantities of grouting mat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characterization, Applications and New Technologies of Civil Engineering Materials and Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,435 Views
18 Pages

7 November 2022

The grouted sleeve connection is one of the most widely used connections for prefabricated buildings (PBs). Usually, its quality can have a significant impact on the safety of the whole PB, especially for the internal flaws that form during sleeve gr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) for Infrastructure and Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
531 Views
24 Pages

Study on Non-Excavation Subgrade Reinforcement Technique and Scheme for Expressways

  • Zhixian Zheng,
  • Yangfan Li,
  • Xiaobo Du,
  • Hongwei Lin and
  • Hongchao Zhang

8 January 2026

Some expressway emergency lanes adopt simplified pavement structures that fail to meet load-bearing requirements after reconstruction. To address the issue of subgrade reinforcement without excavation, a finite element method was employed to analyze...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,478 Views
28 Pages

4 March 2024

An often-utilized solution in terms of providing support to underground excavation, the fully grouted rebar rock bolt system presents optimization potential due to existing technological limitations in capturing and understanding its composite system...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
853 Views
36 Pages

26 December 2025

To meet the demanding requirements of high permeability and early strength in seepage control grouting for water-sealed underground caverns, a series of cement-based grouts was developed via novel polymer modification techniques. A systematic orthogo...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,386 Views
9 Pages

18 February 2022

Despite the increasing number of studies on geopolymer-based materials, a lack of information still prevails concerning the use of geopolymer materials for the consolidation and conservation of the built heritage. Since the introduction of the term &...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geopolymer Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,881 Views
14 Pages

Numerical Analysis of Grouting Reinforcement Effects on Deep Foundation Pits Adjacent to Elevated Railways

  • Guofei Zhu,
  • Xianlong Wu,
  • Xuhui Li,
  • Le Chang,
  • Yongjie Li,
  • Chuang Lv,
  • Rui Wang and
  • Yingpeng Li

15 November 2024

To mitigate the impact of foundation pit construction on adjacent existing structures, grouting reinforcement techniques are often employed to enhance the deformation strength of the soil. This study focuses on the expansion project of the Dayun Comp...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,565 Views
19 Pages

6 December 2024

The grouting technique is an efficient method for enhancing the stability of cracked slopes through the use of grouting materials. Conventional cement-based grouting materials are costly, energy-intensive, and environmentally damaging. Additionally,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,562 Views
14 Pages

29 September 2017

With the development of the post-tensioning technique, prestressed concrete structures have been widely used in civil engineering. To ensure the long-term effectiveness of the prestressed tendon, the grouting quality of the tendon duct is one of the...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,754 Views
14 Pages

Considering the future shortage of natural aggregates, various researchers have promoted the recycling of by-products into various asphalt pavement types. This paper promoted a double-recycling technique, where thermally treated waste silt was used a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reusing, Recycling and Repurposing Infrastructure: Components and Construction Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,646 Views
30 Pages

30 November 2024

Splitting grouting is a highly effective technique for reinforcing tunnels and underground structures, ensuring their operational stability and facilitating long-term maintenance. It has been widely adopted in the prevention and remediation of geolog...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

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