Grouting

• Defined as the injection of a special liquid

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