An Improved Experimental Test Set-up to Study the Performance of Granular Columns

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-199

  Black, J ^a   Sivakumar, V ^a   Madhav, M R ^b   McCabe, B ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

granular columns; ground improvement; settlement; stress path tests

Indexed keywords

CLAY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); BASALT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GRANULAR COLUMNS; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; SETTLEMENT; SOFT CLAYS; STRESS PATH TESTS; TEST SETS; TEST SETUPS;

STRAIN GAGES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845258043     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ14195     Document Type: Article

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