Compacted granular columns are commonly used to support embankments over soft soils. Using a reinforcement layer under the embankment causes the total stress to be further transferred to the column rather than soft soil, thus reducing total deformations of the subsoil. In this paper two dimensional (2D) numerical analysis was used to study the influence of stone columns and basal geosynthetic on deformations and stability of an embankment over soft deposit by means of Plaxis 2D finite element code. Unit cell to plane strain conversion approach was applied to transform columns into equivalent walls thus allowing to simulate a full embankment over a group of columns. Comprehensive parametric analysis was then performed to investigate the role of different critical parameters on embankment behavior. Results showed that the use of stone columns yielded the total deformations of the subsoil to significantly reduce, while its influence was less remarkable as a high stiffness geogrid was placed under the embankment. It was also found that the stone column length was the most influential parameter on the embankment total deformations, so that increasing columns length from 0.25Hs to 0.75Hs reduced the vertical and horizontal deformations by about two and five times, respectively. In addition, the use of a high stiffness basal geogrid caused the stability of the embankment to remarkably improve as the value of safety factor at the end of construction increased from 1.25 to about 1.9.


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    Title :

    Deformation and Stability Analysis of Embankment over Stone Column-Strengthened Soft Ground


    Additional title:

    KSCE J Civ Eng


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    Publication date :

    2021-02-01


    Size :

    13 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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