The Pneumatic Flow Mixing Method

Masaki Kitazume is professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He has over 35 years of experience in research and teaching of soil stabilization, ground improvement and foundation engineering, and published several text books on the design and quality control and assurance of ground improvement techniques including the deep mixing method and the sand compaction pile method.

1. An overview of Admixture Stabilization – Evolution of Pneumatic Flow Mixing and Scope of the Book1 Introduction
2 Cement admixture stabilization techniques
3 Development, mechanism and applications of the Pneumatic Flow Mixing method
4 Scope of the textbook

2. Factors Affecting Strength Increase1 Introduction
2 Mechanism of cement stabilization
3 Influence of various factors on stabilization effect
4 Prediction of strength

3. Engineering Properties of Stabilized Soils1 Introduction
2 Properties of stabilized soil mixture before hardening
3 Properties of stabilized soil after hardening
4 Properties of stabilized soil subjected to disturbance/compaction
5 Engineering properties of cement stabilized soil produced in-situ
6 Summary

4. Applications1 Introduction
2 Improvement purposes and applications
3 Selected case histories of the method in Japan

5. Equipment, Construction, and Quality Control and Assurance1 Introduction
2 Equipment
3 Construction procedure
4 Quality control

6. Geotechnical Design of Stabilized Soil Ground1 Introduction
2 Design strength
3 Geotechnical design

APPENDIX A Japanese Laboratory Mix Test Procedure1 Introduction
2 Testing equipment
3 Making and curing of specimens
4 Report
5 Use of Specimens