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E3S Web of Conf.
Volume 382, 2023
8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023)
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| Article Number | 12001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Unsaturated Soils of Fills, Levees, Embankments, Dams, Roads & Pavements, Railways and Other Pieces of Infrastructure | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338212001 | |
| Published online | 24 April 2023 | |
3-Dimensional Numerical Evaluation of Geosynthetic Encased Stone Columns in Unsaturated Soils
1 Department of Civil Engineering, Kakatiya l Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal, India
2 Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India
3 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis-Pasteur St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India
* Corresponding author: msa.ce@kitsw.ac.in
Geosynthetic encased stone columns are often designed using the conventional framework of saturated soils ignoring the influence of in-situ unsaturated soil conditions. This article evaluates the performance of stone columns with and without geosynthetic encasement extending the mechanics ofunsaturated soils. The focus of numerical simulations was directed towards understanding the influence of matric suction on the confining support offered by the surrounding soil to stone columns with and without geosynthetic encasement. Investigations were extended considering the stiffness and the length of the geosynthetic encasement. The numerical studies suggest the load-carrying capacity of stone columnincreased with an increase in the matric suction in the boundary effect and the primary transition zone. However, the contribution of matric suction towards load-carrying capacity starts reducing from the secondary transition zone. The information on boundary effect and transition zones can be derived fromthe soil-water characteristic curve, which is a relationship between the water content and soil suction. In addition, the effect of stiffness and length of encasing material in unsaturated soils was found to be in contrast with saturated soils. The results of the study are promising towards developing procedures thatcan be used in the rational design of stone columns in unsaturated soils.
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