Dedication
by Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Jian Chu, Buddhima Indraratna
Ground Improvement Case-Histories
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part One: Preloading, Vertical Drains, and Vacuum Application
- Chapter 1: Recent Advances in Soft Soil Consolidation
- Chapter 2: Experience of Consolidation Process from Test Areas with and without Vertical Drains
- Chapter 3: Theoretical and Numerical Perspectives and Field Observations for the Design and Performance Evaluation of Embankments Constructed on Soft Marine Clay
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Installation and monitoring of vertical drains
- 3.3 Drain properties
- 3.4 Factors influencing the vertical drain efficiency
- 3.5 Development of vertical drain theory
- 3.6 2D modeling of vertical drains
- 3.7 Simple 1D modeling of vertical drains
- 3.8 A finite element model perspective for general design
- 3.9 Performance of test embankments constructed on soft marine clay in malaysia
- 3.10 Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Application of the Vacuum Preloading Method in Soil Improvement Projects
- Chapter 5: Two Case Histories of Vertical Drains in Very Soft Clays
- Chapter 6: Case Study of Ground Improvement Work at the Suvarnabhumi Airport of Thailand
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Subsoil conditions
- 6.3 History of geotechnical study at the suvarnabhumi airport site
- 6.4 The ground improvement projects
- 6.5 The design concept
- 6.6 Construction procedures
- 6.7 Instrumentations
- 6.8 Summary of monitoring data interpretation
- 6.9 Evaluation of ground improvement performance
- 6.10 Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Predictions and Observations of Soft Clay Foundations Stabilized with Geosynthetic Drains and Vacuum Surcharge
- Chapter 8: Application of Analytical Method for Preloading: Design of Selected Case Studies
- Chapter 9: The Changi East Reclamation Project in Singapore
- Chapter 10: High Pressure for Vacuum Consolidation Method Using Air-Water Separation System
- Chapter 11: Case studies of Vacuum Consolidation Ground Improvement in Peat Deposits
- Chapter 12: Interpretation of Penetration Resistance Data Associated with PVD Installation for Predicting Differential Settlement in Soft Ground
- Chapter 13: Prediction of Embankments’ Time-Dependent Behavior on Soft Soils: Effects of Preloading, Surcharging, and Choice of Lab Versus Field Test Data for Soft Soil Parameters
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Subsurface conditions of embankment
- 13.3 Compression index and consolidation properties
- 13.4 Permeability
- 13.5 Preconsolidation pressure
- 13.6 Acid sulfate tests of NBR embankment
- 13.7 Constitutive model
- 13.8 Observed and predicted field responses
- 13.9 Conclusion
- Chapter 14: Application of a New Vacuum Preloading Method for Tideland Reclamation in Wenzhou, China
- Chapter 15: Key Issues in the Application of Vertical Drains for Sea Reclamation Using Extremely Soft Clay Slurry
- Part Two: Sand and Gravel Piles, Stone Columns, and Other Rigid Inclusions
- Chapter 16: Performance of Soft Clays Reinforced by Floating Columns
- Chapter 17: Geotextile-Encased Columns: Case Studies over Twenty Years
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Railroad embankment at waltershof, 1995
- 17.3 Extension of airbus site, 2000–2002
- 17.4 Railroad embankment bothnia line, 2001–2002
- 17.5 High-speed rail link, 2002
- 17.6 Bastions vijwal houten, 2005
- 17.7 Thyssenkrupp CSA steel plant, 2006–2010
- 17.8 A2 Motorway embankment, 2010–2011
- 17.9 Other case studies
- 17.10 Conclusion
- Chapter 18: New Analytical Approach for Predicting Horizontal Displacement of Stone Columns
- Abstract
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Conventional design approaches
- 18.3 Idealized 2D modeling approach
- 18.4 Stress concentration of stone columns under flexible embankment loading
- 18.5 Modeling of fill embankment over soft clay treated with stone columns
- 18.6 Instrumented trial embankment on stone-column-treated soft ground at kooragang island
- 18.7 Conclusion
- Chapter 19: Settlement Behavior of Embankment on Soft Ground Treated with Stepped Rigid Columns
- Chapter 20: Pullout Resistance of Grouted Soil Nails
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 Behavior and design of soil-nailing system
- 20.3 Laboratory pullout testing on grouted soil nails
- 20.4 Effect of overburden pressure
- 20.5 Effect of degree of saturation
- 20.6 Effect of pressure grouting in unsaturated condition
- 20.7 Effects of overburden and grouting pressure in a saturated condition
- 20.8 Estimation of pullout resistance using the bayesian approach
- 20.9 Conclusion
- Chapter 21: Improvement of Soft Soil Formations by Drilled Displacement Columns
- Chapter 22: Applications of PCC Piles for Highway and High-Speed Railway Construction in China
- Chapter 23: Implementation and Performance of Stone Columns at Penny’s Bay Reclamation in Hong Kong
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 Background
- 23.3 The site
- 23.4 Ground conditions
- 23.5 The design approach
- 23.6 The design
- 23.7 Installation of stone columns
- 23.8 Instrumentation
- 23.9 Behavior of the treated ground
- 23.10 Method of analysis of settlements prior to surcharge removal
- 23.11 Discussion
- 23.12 Conclusion
- Chapter 24: Failures of Ground Improvement Works in Soft Ground
- Chapter 25: Characteristics of Soft Peats, Organic Soils, and Clays, Colombo–Katunayake Expressway in Sri Lanka
- Chapter 26: Theoretical and Numerical Perspectives on Performance of Stone-Column-Improved Soft Ground with Reference to Transport Infrastructure
- Abstract
- Acknowledgement
- 26.1 Introduction
- 26.2 Review of past investigations
- 26.3 Numerical solution
- 26.4 Validation
- 26.5 Parametric studies
- 26.6 Case study with design recommendations
- 26.7 Lateral deformation of columns
- 26.8 Introduction to discrete element modeling
- 26.9 Influence of cyclic loading
- 26.10 Conclusion
Dedication
This Book is dedicated to several thousands who lost their lives in the catastrophic earthquake that hit Nepal on 25 April 2015 causing devastating and widespread destruction.
Appropriate Ground Improvement will be crucial during the reconstruction of affected regions including the surrounds of Kathmandu.
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