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<p>Stone columns (or granular piles, GPs) are progressively being utilized for ground improvement, mostly for pliant edifice such as road mounds, oil depot, and so forth. The present analysis is done by introducing strengthening at both the ends of GP, i.e., bottom and top end so that the bulging problem will be solved and the beneficiary effect of the bearing stratum can be utilized by the bottom strengthening feature. Analysis of a single partially strengthened, at both top and bottom, end-bearing GP is presented in this article in terms of displacement affecting component for the top (DACT) of GP, percentage load transferred to the base (PLTB) of strengthened GP, and normalized shear stress (NSS). The PLTB of the strengthened GP was found to increase considerably. The NSS was found to reduce at the top end of GP and is found to be redistributed along the length of GP.</p>
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Stone columns (or granular piles, GPs) are progressively being utilized for ground improvement, mostly for pliant edifice such as road mounds, oil depot, and so forth. The present analysis is done by introducing strengthening at both the ends of GP, i.e., bottom and top end so that the bulging problem will be solved and the beneficiary effect of the bearing stratum can be utilized by the bottom strengthening feature. Analysis of a single partially strengthened, at both top and bottom, end-bearing GP is presented in this article in terms of displacement affecting component for the top (DACT) of GP, percentage load transferred to the base (PLTB) of strengthened GP, and normalized shear stress (NSS). The PLTB of the strengthened GP was found to increase considerably. The NSS was found to reduce at the top end of GP and is found to be redistributed along the length of GP.

An Analytical Study of Partially Strengthened Single End-Bearing Granular Pile Near the Top and Bottom

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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Stone columns (or granular piles, GPs) are progressively being utilized for ground improvement, mostly for pliant edifice such as road mounds, oil depot, and...

An Analytical Study of Partially Strengthened Single End-Bearing Granular Pile Near the Top and Bottom

Article Category: Original Study

Online veröffentlicht: 30. Juni 2021

Seitenbereich: 99 - 115

Eingereicht: 05. Nov. 2020

Akzeptiert: 22. Apr. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2021-0010

Schlüsselwörter
granular pile, DACT of GP, NSS, PLTB of GP, reinforced stone columns, end-bearing GP

© 2021 Vaibhaw Garg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

An Analytical Study of Partially Strengthened Single End-Bearing Granular Pile Near the Top and Bottom

Article Category: Original Study

Online veröffentlicht: 30. Juni 2021

Seitenbereich: 99 - 115

Eingereicht: 05. Nov. 2020

Akzeptiert: 22. Apr. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2021-0010

Schlüsselwörtergranular pile, DACT of GP, NSS, PLTB of GP, reinforced stone columns, end-bearing GP

© 2021 Vaibhaw Garg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
granular pile, DACT of GP, NSS, PLTB of GP, reinforced stone columns, end-bearing GP