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Influence of Column Position on the Bearing Capacity of Geosynthetic-Encased Stone Column Supporting Railway Embankment on Soft Clay
Construction on/in soft ground is feasible only after improving its strength by resorting to appropriate ground improvement technique. Stone columns and encased stone columns have been proved to be greatly effective for improving the bearing capacity of soft ground. Ensued bearing capacity is highly depended on lateral confinement wielded by the soil to the stone column along with the position of the column either below or above the ground surface. If depth of stone column insertion is more so does the cost of excavation. In this study, the performance of geosynthetic-encased stone columns (GESC) with varying insertion depths above the ground surface beneath a railway embankment has been analyzed numerically. For study purposes, GESC of 600 mm diameter with 3 m spacing embedded in soft soil underlain by an embankment is considered. The different lengths of GESC above the ground surface are replicated in the form of varying lengths. 2D finite element analysis has been performed to determine the bearing capacity and bulging of the stone column. Optimization has been done based on their effectiveness and economy. From the results, it is found that, as the position of the column raised above the ground surface, stresses on the stone column gradually decreased for the central stone column's from 715.8 kPa when it is normally oriented, while for the remaining insertion depths are 509.78, 455.03, and 409.57 kPa which in turn reduced the confinement of the GESC causing more settlements and bulging. As regards to bulging, the maximum is noticed at the centrally placed column, for all the cases analyzed, and it decreased as moved away from the center of an embankment.
Influence of Column Position on the Bearing Capacity of Geosynthetic-Encased Stone Column Supporting Railway Embankment on Soft Clay
Construction on/in soft ground is feasible only after improving its strength by resorting to appropriate ground improvement technique. Stone columns and encased stone columns have been proved to be greatly effective for improving the bearing capacity of soft ground. Ensued bearing capacity is highly depended on lateral confinement wielded by the soil to the stone column along with the position of the column either below or above the ground surface. If depth of stone column insertion is more so does the cost of excavation. In this study, the performance of geosynthetic-encased stone columns (GESC) with varying insertion depths above the ground surface beneath a railway embankment has been analyzed numerically. For study purposes, GESC of 600 mm diameter with 3 m spacing embedded in soft soil underlain by an embankment is considered. The different lengths of GESC above the ground surface are replicated in the form of varying lengths. 2D finite element analysis has been performed to determine the bearing capacity and bulging of the stone column. Optimization has been done based on their effectiveness and economy. From the results, it is found that, as the position of the column raised above the ground surface, stresses on the stone column gradually decreased for the central stone column's from 715.8 kPa when it is normally oriented, while for the remaining insertion depths are 509.78, 455.03, and 409.57 kPa which in turn reduced the confinement of the GESC causing more settlements and bulging. As regards to bulging, the maximum is noticed at the centrally placed column, for all the cases analyzed, and it decreased as moved away from the center of an embankment.
Influence of Column Position on the Bearing Capacity of Geosynthetic-Encased Stone Column Supporting Railway Embankment on Soft Clay
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Jose, Babu T. (editor) / Sahoo, Dipak Kumar (editor) / Oommen, Thomas (editor) / Muthukkumaran, Kasinathan (editor) / Chandrakaran, S. (editor) / Santhosh Kumar, T. G. (editor) / Begum, Goushya (author) / Shenthan, Desha (author) / Hanumantha Rao, B. (author)
Indian Geotechnical Conference ; 2022 ; Kochi, India
Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 5 ; Chapter: 37 ; 445-454
2024-07-20
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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