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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 73, 2016
XV International Conference “Topical Problems of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Energy Efficiency and Ecology – 2016”
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| Article Number | 01003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Buildings and Structures, Foundations and Underground Constructions, Bridges, Highways and Tunnels | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20167301003 | |
| Published online | 11 August 2016 | |
Strengthening and Stabilization of the Weak Water Saturated Soils Using Stone Columns
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg, Russia
* Corresponding author: gri.garmanov@gmail.com
The article considers innovative modern materials and structures for strengthening of weak soils. In this paper describes a method of strengthening of weak saturated soils using stone columns. The method of calculating the physical-mechanical characteristics of reinforced soil mass is presented. Two approaches to determining the stress-strain state and timeframe of consolidation of strengthened soil foundation using the finite element technique in two-dimensional formulation are proposed. The first one approach it is a modeling of reinforced soil mass, where each pile is represented as a separate 2D stripe. The second approach is to the simulation of the strengthened mass the equivalent composite block with improved physical-mechanical characteristics. The use of the equivalent composite block can significantly reduce the time spent on the preparation of a design scheme. The results of calculations were compared. They show the allowable divergence of results of calculation by two methods were presented, and the efficiency of the strengthening of weak water saturated soils by stone column is proved.
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