Bibliographic citations
Rojas, O., (2024). Aplicación de la enzima ureasa en la estabilización de suelos y la auto-reparación de matrices empleadas en impresión 3D [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/27052
Rojas, O., Aplicación de la enzima ureasa en la estabilización de suelos y la auto-reparación de matrices empleadas en impresión 3D []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/27052
@mastersthesis{renati/532421,
title = "Aplicación de la enzima ureasa en la estabilización de suelos y la auto-reparación de matrices empleadas en impresión 3D",
author = "Rojas Morales, Omar Antonio Giovanni",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2024"
}
Even with the constant advances in the construction industry, there are crucial points that continue to be relevant in the decision-making process for the design and execution of a project. Points such as the selection of an appropriate soil for each type of project. However, one of the main impediments is related to not being able to obtain adequate soil to guarantee the required stability and durability. If we add to this problem that the constant demand for infrastructure worldwide requires an increase in the demand for concrete, whose production contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases, and alternatives such as the implementation of 3D printing applied to the construction industry introduce several engineering challenges from the point of view of materials. The search for an appropriate way to stabilize the soil, as well as to be able to generate the capacity of self-healing in the printed elements, translates into a need that requires early attention. This thesis proposes the development of a methodology to stabilize soil and to self-repair matrices used in 3D printing catalyzed by the enzyme urease. From the results acquired for soil stabilization, the evaluation of durability against water erosion indicated that the soil mixture modified with CaCl2-urea with equimolar concentration of 1 M and 5 U enzyme solution, presents a mass loss of only 18.35 %. In comparison with the complete erosion of the sample in water in the case of the soil-water mixture. The compression test indicated that the use of an enzyme solution negatively affected the mechanical properties of the material with a level of compressive strength 35.5 % lower than that of the non-stabilized samples. On the other hand, the results obtained after the repair process for the case of soil matrices show that the intervened defects could be almost filled, although the presence of erosion is evidenced due to the instability of the soil matrix itself against the liquid content of the enzymatic solution. This is not evident in cementitious matrices, where the defects were repaired without evidence of erosion. Finally, the compression test on the self-repaired samples indicated that the use of an enzyme solution negatively affected the mechanical properties of soil matrices. This was due to the previously mentioned erosion when the enzyme solution was applied directly. However, the use of an enzymatic solution did not show a significant increase in the mechanical properties of cementitious matrices, where an identical value in compressive strength was achieved with respect to that of the treated samples.
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