This invention discloses a method for treating sand or sandy soil in desert or desertified land, comprising spreading water and a solid organic substance in any order or by directly spreading an adhesive and cohesive solution containing the solid organic substance onto the surface of desert or desertified land, and then stirring the solution containing the solid organic substance or mixing water and the solid organic substance with sand on the surface of desert or desertified land in a uniform way by a stirring device to finally form a modified sand material. This sand treatment method can be directly implemented on the surface of desert or desertified land without transporting and discharging the mixture onto the surface of desert or desertified land, and thus saving cost and time.

A method for transforming existing ground of a given site into a more stable foundation ground is provided. The method includes the steps of defining an outlined area about a surface of the existing ground, excavating soil throughout the outlined area to a depth extending through layers of different soil types; conditioning the excavated soil by mixing together layers of different soil types homogeneously, including in some cases soil imported from an external source; returning the conditioned soil to the outlined area to fill the excavated depth, and compacting the conditioned soil returned to the outlined area, thereby forming the stable foundation ground of high structural capacity and low compressibility.

The invention relates to a drilling tool for creating a bore in the ground, having a tubular drill shank, at least one removal device which is configured to remove ground material, a supply device for supplying a fluid through the drill shank through at least one outlet opening for the fluid into the bore and at least one mixing element which extends radially to the drill shank, is arranged on the drill shank above the removal device and is configured to mix ground material with the fluid. According to the invention, it is provided that at least one first outlet opening is arranged in the region of the removal device and at least one second outlet opening is arranged at an axial distance from the at least one first outlet opening and at least one actuating device is provided on the supply device, by means of which the at least one first outlet opening and/or the at least one second outlet opening can be blocked, wherein fluid can optionally be introduced into the bore via the at least one first outlet opening and/or the at least one second outlet opening.

Methods for installing soil and sand stabilization columns using a chemical polymer are provided. The chemical polymer can be a liquid acrylic base chemical polymer or a liquid vinyl acetate base chemical polymer. In the methods, a dilution rate of a chemical polymer is determined based on at least one of: a moisture content of the soil at a selected soil location, a particle size distribution of the soil at the selected soil location, a shear strength of the soil at the selected soil location, a target strength of the soil stabilization column, and a target stiffness of the soil stabilization column. The chemical polymer is then diluted based on the determined dilution rate. The diluted chemical polymer is inserted into a selected soil location and mixed with in-situ soil or with sand to form a stabilization column.

The invention is directed to stabilizing functionalized polymers and compositions containing polysaccharides and polysaccharide derivatives functionalized with amine, alkyl and/or alkyl/amine moieties, and methods for reducing swelling of soils and especially clay-containing soils with stabilization functionalized polymers and compositions of the invention.

The invention relates to a ground-working machine and a method for producing wall panels, with the ground-working machine having at least two elongate drilling and mixing tools arranged parallel to each other, which comprise a rod-form base body, on which a first screw conveyor and at least one second screw conveyor are arranged, the second screw conveyor being axially spaced apart from the first screw conveyor. According to the invention it is provided that at least on one drilling and mixing tool at a lower end the first screw conveyor is formed with an outer diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the second screw conveyor which is arranged above the first screw conveyor.

A method for manufacturing an element in a ground comprising a drilling step during which a grout comprising a first composition is introduced and after the drilling step, at least one grout activation cycle is performed during which at least part of the grout is pumped; a second composition configured to activate the grout by reacting with the first composition in order to initiate the hardening of said grout is added to the pumped grout; then the activated grout is introduced into the excavation; and after said at least one grout activation cycle, the activated grout is allowed to harden in order to form the element in the ground.

A method for production of a modified cement powder comprises the steps of: a) acquiring batch cement, and b) forming a modified cement powder with an average particle size of between 2 nm and 150 nm. A method for improving the stability of a soil sample comprises a steps of: a) acquiring the soil sample, b) acquiring a cement, c) forming a cement powder (nano-cement) with an average particle size of between 2 nm and 150 nm, optionally preparing a suspension of the nano-cement in water, d) mixing the cement powder or the suspension of the cement powder in water with the soil sample in a weight ratio of between 1:100 and 1:1 of the cement powder to the soil sample, respectively, e) applying the mixture obtained in step d) to the required construction site, optionally by applying the PWS mixtureing, f) forming the mixture at the construction site in accordance with a predetermined construction project until a structure of predetermined dimensions is obtained, g) exposing the structure obtained in step f) to an amount of water for the curing time.

The invention is directed to stabilizing functionalized polymers and compositions containing polysaccharides and polysaccharide derivatives functionalized with amine, alkyl and/or alkyl/amine moieties, and methods for reducing swelling of soils and especially clay-containing soils with stabilization functionalized polymers and compositions of the invention.

A jet grouting method is capable of reducing an unnecessary portion (redundant portion) exceeding an effective wall thickness without narrowing a construction pitch, and capable of allowing easy mechanical control. A ground improvement structure including a plurality of ground improvement bodies is constructed through use of the jet grouting method. Each of the ground improvement bodies is constructed so as to have a sectional shape formed by a combination of different kinds of fan shapes having different radiuses. The sectional shape of the ground improvement body is a combination of at least two kinds of fan shapes. One of the kinds of the fan shapes corresponds to a fan shape with a smaller radius, and the other corresponds to a fan shape with a larger radius. The sectional shape of the improvement body has a minimum diameter portion formed of the fan shapes with the smallest radius and a maximum diameter portion formed of the fan shapes with the largest radius. When designing the ground improvement body, a central angle is determined from a fan shape having the smallest radius with respect to the effective wall thickness. When constructing the ground improvement body, a diameter thereof is controlled by stepwisely changing a rotation speed of the injection rod. At that time, a soil breaking achieved by an improving material injected at high pressure is monitored so as to check the diameter of the ground improvement body and the effective thickness thereof.