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Short-term and long-term behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced stone columns
Affiliation:Civil Engineering Department, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:Stone columns are often used to improve the load-carrying characteristics of weak soils. In very soft soils, however, the bearing capacity of stone columns may not significantly improve the load-carrying characteristics due to the very low confinement of the surrounding soil. In such cases, encased stone columns (ESCs) or horizontally reinforced stone columns (HRSCs) may be used. Although ESCs have been studied extensively, few studies have been done on HRSCs. In addition, very limited studies are available on ESCs and HRSCs under the same conditions. Moreover, no studies have been carried out to compare the long-term and short-term behavior of HRSCs with that of ESCs. In this research, therefore, numerical analyses are performed on various types of reinforced end-bearing stone columns to compare their behavior under both long-term and short-term conditions under various loading conditions. The Advanced Modified Cam-clay model for clay and the Hardening Soil model for stone column materials are used. The results show that with proper reinforcing stone columns, in addition to a considerable reduction in settlement, the consolidation time can be greatly decreased and most of the settlement will occur during the loading period. Also, the consolidation settlement rate may be increased by using a smaller column diameter and a larger area replacement ratio for the unit cell, stiffer geosynthetic reinforcements, and greater values for the internal friction angle of the stone column materials.
Keywords:Geosynthetics  Reinforced stone columns  Numerical analysis  Short-term and long-term behavior  Consolidation settlement
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