... the structure into deeper and stiffer soil or rock layers – to ‘bridge’ unsuitable soil layers, ground improvement improves the ground itself to allow for shallow foundations. Ground improvement is mainly used for settlement reduction, the improvement of the bearing capacity of existing soils for shallow...

... s c NCo or Δ s c c 21 12 2021 03 10 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2022 creep foundations settlement The experimental programme involved the testing of two different fine-grained materials. The first material...

... 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 Alternate swelling...

... 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. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 foundations granular materials grouting Figure 3. Calcium carbonate content in biocemented and fibre-reinforced calcareous sand samples...

... ensure a plane-strain condition and reduce the effect of side friction. 17 12 2018 20 08 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 foundations geotextiles, geomembranes & geogrids slopes – stabilisation In hilly terrain, the foundations of buildings and other...

... and guidelines for practice are presented. 23 10 2019 23 11 2020 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2020 foundations geosynthetic-reinforced soils walls & slopes models (physical) In deep soft soil deposits, the construction of end-bearing stone columns (EBSCs) may...

...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...

... d. (k) Specimen 2 (sodium carbonate, high swelling bentonite), 28 d. (l) Specimen 3 (no sodium carbonate, low swelling bentonite), 28 d dredging & reclamation foundations grouting As the number of obsolete infrastructures being rebuilt has been increasing in recent years...

...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...

... when 4% lime was added. The parameters a_v, C_c and LS also reflected a similar trend. foundations geotechnical engineering granular materials 12 07 2018 11 07 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 A highly swelling...

... by about 43% when the fly-ash content was increased from 0 to 10%. foundations geotechnical engineering shallow foundations 18 07 2018 01 08 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 Several innovative foundation techniques have been suggested for counteracting...

... to an l/d ratio of 11 and decreased thereafter. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 foundations granular materials strength & testing of materials Crushed stone aggregate of five different kinds of gradation was used to form the granular columns. The aggregates, named A, B...

...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...

.... 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 problem of large settlements and poor bearing capacity even when loaded to low stress levels...

...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...

...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...

... piles–columns are most likely to be subjected to large differential settlements between the embankment and the adjacent roads due to the different stiffness levels (Chai et al., 2015 ; Liu and Rowe, 2015). It is known that floating soil columns provide a less stiff ground foundation...