Encapsulated stone columns as a soil improvement technique for collapsible soil

Ground Improvement

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 137-147

  Ayadat, T ^a   Hanna, A M ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collapsible soil; Foundation engineering; Geofabrics; Inundation; Stone columns

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIGIDITY; SAND; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; FOUNDATION ENGINEERING; INUNDATION; STONE COLUMNS;

FOUNDATIONS;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; COLUMN; FOUNDATION; GROUND IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 27144547221     PISSN: 1365781X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/grim.2005.9.4.137     Document Type: Article

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