Influence of vertical rigid piles as ground improvement technique over a roadway embankment. 2D & 3D numerical modelling

Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 377-385

  Nunez, M A ^a   Dias, D ^a   Kastner, R ^a   Poilpre C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b GTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D NUMERICAL MODELLING; AXI-SYMMETRICAL; COMPRESSIBLE SOIL; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN DEPARTMENTS; DESIGNING METHODS; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; REINFORCED SOIL; RESEARCH CENTER; RIGID INCLUSION; RIGID PILES; SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES; SOFT SOILS;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESEARCH; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EMBANKMENTS;

EID: 84857713935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Briançon L. (2002): Renforcement des sols par inclusions rigides - Etat de l'art en France et à l'étranger, IREX, 185p.
2. Camp W. M., Siegel T. (2006): "Failure of a column-supported embankment over soft ground" In: Soft Soil Engineering - Chan & Law (eds).
3. Hewlett W. J., Randolph M. F. "Analysis of pile embankment" Ground Engineering, 1988, vol. 21, no 3, pp 12-18.
4. Itasca (2002). FLAC3D Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua, User's guide. ITASCA Consulting Group, Minneapolis, USA.
5. Itasca (1993). FLAC-Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua, User's guide. ITASCA Consulting Group, Minneapolis, USA. User's guide.
6. Jenck O., Dias D., Kastner R. (2005) Two Dimensional Physical and Numerical Modelling of a Pile-Supported Earth Platform over Soft Soil. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. ASCE/March 2007.
7. Kempton, G.T., Russell, D., Pierpoint, N. & Jones, C.J.P.F. (1998). "Two and three dimensional numerical analysis of the performance of geosynthetics carrying embankment loads over piles." Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Geosynthetics, Atlanta, Georgia.
8. Mendoza M. J. (2006) "On the soil arching and bearing mechanisms in a structural fill over piled foundations" in: SYMPOSIUM Rigid Inclusions in Difficult Subsoil Conditions. Mexico City.
9. Simon B., Schlosser F. (2006). State of the Art "Soil reinforcement by vertical stiff inclusions in France" in: SYMPOSIUM Rigid Inclusions in Difficult Subsoil Conditions. Mexico City.