The use of stone columns is popular as a ground-reinforcing technique for supporting
flexible structures on soft to very soft soils. When a very soft soil improved by stone columns …

In very soft soils, the use of granular columns can be restricted due to the lack of adequate
lateral confining pressure. In these conditions, the columns can be encased by a suitable …

Based on the unit-cell concept, analytical solutions are presented to predict deformation
behaviors of geotextile-encased stone columns at any depth below the top plane of the …

Stone columns are commonly used as ground improvement elements since they act as
reinforcing inclusions. However, due to the lack of sufficient lateral confinement for the …

Construction of embankments on soft natural soil may be a challenge, owing to its low shear
strength and high compressibility. Stone columns, which depend on lateral support from the …

Featured Application The proposed approach could be used as a basis for designing a pad
footing in soft soils along with existing design methods. Abstract The use of column-like …

The shear performance of the geosynthetic-encased stone column (GESC) is of significance
to the stability analysis of increasingly used GESC improved foundations, since the toe of the …

Use of geotextile-encased sand columns (GESC) to improve weak soils is an emerging
technology that has great promise for field applications. This paper contains the results of a …

The engineering structures constructed on thick deposits of soft soil strata have problems of
low bearing capacity, excessive total and differential settlement, lateral spreading etc. To …

Column supported embankments (CSEs) are used to overcome common problems
associated with the construction of embankments over soft compressible soils. The use of …