Influence of PEA on Volume Stability of Cement-Based Grouting Materials and Its Mechanism.

Traditional expansive agents often fail to address early-stage cracking issues of grouting. A plastic expansive agent (PEA) can generate evenly distributed and closely packed microbubbles in the cement-basted grouting materials during the grout's setting process to cause volume expansion. However, its expansion mechanism is still unclear, and this restricts its practical application in engineering.