... material against the non-inert clay (sleech) with a considerable creep tendency. Both materials were tested for the settlement performance of a foundation under identical stress conditions. Kaolin is commercially available and ideal for preparing large samples at pre-selected water contents with good...

... soils foundations geology geotechnical engineering soil mechanics Expansive soils are the generic description of soils containing montmorillonite mineral. In Egypt, expansive soil deposits are mainly found near arid areas including the regions extending around the Nile valley in Upper Egypt...

... GPAs and pullout load on geogrid-encased GPAs in the fabricated large moulds improved by 52.25% over that on plain GPAs. 29 08 2019 04 02 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 foundations geosynthetic applications granular materials Stabilisation by fly ash has...

... was also quantified. Additionally, the environmental impact of using WFS in reinforced foundation beds was assessed through leachate tests. The dissolved metal concentrations from leachate studies were found to be within permissible limits. 13 06 2021 07 02 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited...

... JV, which is part of the UK's High Speed 2 Phase 1 rail link. Infilled solution features were treated using rapid impact compaction (RIC) to achieve a sufficiently stiff subgrade beneath a wide range of temporary foundations and reduce the risk of collapse settlement. Improvement by RIC treatment...

... calcareous sand at the optimum fibre content and fibre length increased by 717% and 115%, respectively. 04 03 2019 20 08 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 foundations granular materials grouting Traditional foundation treatments for ground improvement employ...

... ( ≈ 2 ·5 − 3) was observed for D/B = 0 and e/B = 0 where B is the width of the footing, while the minimum value of BCR _u ( ≈ 1·5) was obtained for D/B = 1 and e/B = 3 . In hilly terrain, the foundations of buildings...

... 23 10 2019 23 11 2020 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2020 foundations geosynthetic-reinforced soils walls & slopes models (physical) Figure 6. Variation of pressure−settlement of stone columns: (a) D_F = 50 mm; (b) D_F...

...Yiran Chen; Jun Wang; Kai Zhu; Feiyu Liu; Xiuqing Hu; Hongtao Fu Seismic load can cause a change in the strength and stiffness of composite foundations with cement–soil piles. In this study, cyclic simple shear tests were conducted on a composite soil with a cemented soil core to investigate...

...Adel M. Hanna; Rouzbeh Vakili Piled-raft foundations are recognised for sharing the total load by both the piles and the raft. The economic benefits of this system lead to its popularity in practice; however, research in this field has continued to lag behind owing to the difficulties associated...

... the sodium carbonate bonding with the Ca²⁺ dissolved from the interlayer cations of the cement or bentonite. 18 02 2019 22 07 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 dredging & reclamation foundations grouting As the number of obsolete infrastructures...

... containing kerosene (V_{k) and de-ionised water (Vw) were noted. According to Holtz and Gibbs (1956) , the FSI was determined as 12 07 2018 11 07 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 foundations geotechnical engineering granular materials}...

... by about 43% when the fly-ash content was increased from 0 to 10%. Several innovative foundation techniques have been suggested for counteracting the problem of heave and shrinkage of expansive soils, which include the sand cushion technique (Satyanarayana, 1966), the application of a cohesive non...

... to an l/d ratio of 11 and decreased thereafter. 3 D r = e max − e n e max − e min 28 06 2018 17 03 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 foundations granular materials strength & testing of materials...

...Farahnaz Darikandeh, PhD; B. V. S. Viswanadham, PhD; Mahyar Arabani, PhD Volumetric changes in expansive soils due to seasonal moisture changes can seriously damage foundations. In the small-scale laboratory study reported in this paper, the effect of inserting columns made from calcium carbide...

... of the GPs. The test values further increased when the GPs were provided with geotextile encasement. 12 04 2018 21 03 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 foundations geosynthetic applications soil-geosynthetic interaction Soft clays and loose sands pose the twin...

...Chenhui Liu, BSc, MSc; Min Yang, PhD; Adam Bezuijen, PhD A simplified analytical approach based on the non-linear pile–soil interaction model under vertical load is employed to analyse settlement of piled raft foundations. The accuracy of the simplified method is verified through comparisons...

...Bhyravajjula Ramachandra Phanikumar, PhD; Ammavajjala Sesha Sai Raghuram, MTech; Ajjarapu Sriramarao, PhD Granular pile anchors (GPAs) are an innovative foundation technique developed for reducing the heave of expansive clay beds. Other engineering characteristics of expansive clay beds have also...

... et al., 2015 ; Martin et al., 1990 ; see also ‘Geotechnical characteristics of expansive soils stabilised with bagasse ash and hydrated lime’ by Dang et al., submitted to Soils and Foundations) constructing in stages and leaving time for consolidation geosynthetic...

...Pengcheng Jiang, MA; Wang Xu, PhD; Yanjie Zhang, PhD Screw-pile composite foundations have been widely implemented on multiple high-speed railways in China. Their distinctive design with variable sections makes the bearing behaviour of screw piles far more complex than that of common smooth piles...