scholarly journals APPLICATION THE POINT FOUNDATION (PF) METHOD FOR SOFT SOIL IMPROVEMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM VETNAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2D) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Bui Truong Son
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Ground Improvement ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Static Compression ◽  
Successful Case ◽  
Soft Ground Improvement ◽  
Final Settlement ◽  
Shallow Footing

The point foundation method is the head enlarged cement deep mixing columns with high-quality control which can be used for soft ground improvement. The article aims to present the application of this method to treat soft soil for the foundation of Samse Vina factory, Ninh Binh province. The thickness of soft soil varies from 5.4 m to 7.4 m with high compressibility and low shear strength. Thus, point foundation was used to improve this layer. The prediction methods of soil bearing capacity and the settlement on the point foundation were calculated. After the treatment of soil, the unconfined compression strength of the point foundation column was determined and the static compression test for the point foundation column was also performed. The research results show that this method can significantly reduce the settlement of shallow footing and improved the bearing capacity of the soil. The final settlement of shallow footing was smaller than 2.54 cm and the bearing capacity of soil treatment can be satisfied with the requirement of construction building. This is a successful case of the application of point foundation to improve soft soil in Vietnam.

Geomechanics of Soft Ground Improvement by Perforated Piles: Review and Case Study

2022 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Sudip Basack ◽  
Gautam Das ◽  
SK Asif Iqbal ◽  
Jyotirmoy Deb
Keyword(s):  
Shear Failure ◽  
Ground Improvement ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Soft Ground ◽  
Civil Infrastructure ◽  
Pile Capacity ◽  
Strength And Stiffness ◽  
Compressible Soil ◽  
Soft Ground Improvement

Civil Infrastructure built on soft and compressible soil is likely to collapse due to undrained shear failure or unacceptable settlement of supporting foundations. Incorporation of adequate ground improvement technique with the aim of upgrading the strength and stiffness of the weak soil is essential in such cases. Amongst various established methods adopted worldwide for improving soft ground, using perforated piles is a relatively emerging technique. Such piles not only transmit the structural load into the subsoil beneath in a manner similar to the conventional piles, but also assist in radial consolidation of soft soil due to perforated side walls. This paper presents a brief overview on the investigations carried out on this new technique. Also, a typical case study has been presented. As observed, the axial pile capacity progressively increased while settlement reduction took place, with accelerated radial consolidation.

Research to build technological procedure for soft ground improvement using sea sand-cement-fly ash column

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (HTCS6) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Thinh Duc Ta ◽  
Phuc Dinh Hoang ◽  
Thang Anh Bui ◽  
Trang Huong Thi Ngo ◽  
Diu Thi Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Ground Improvement ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Soil Reinforcement ◽  
Soft Ground ◽  
Design Calculation ◽  
Sea Sand ◽  
Composite Ground ◽  
Soft Ground Improvement

Sea sand-cement-fly ash column technology for soft soil treatment is a new technology in the process of completing the theoretical basis, the experimental basis, and the construction of the ground treatment technological procedure. The paper presents the results of scientific research on design, calculation, construction, and acceptance of sea sand-cement-fly ash column. The scientific basis for the design of column is to consider the role of the column in composite ground, that is to use the column as soft ground improvement or soft soil reinforcement. The important parameters for the column design are: cement and fly ash content; column length; column diameter; number of columns; distance among columns; load capacity and settlement of composite ground. The sequence of steps of construction and acceptance of column includes: selection of construction equipment, preparation of construction sites, trial construction, official construction, evaluation of ground quality after treatment and preparation of document for acceptance.

scholarly journals Experimental application of optimal depth of PVDs determination under vacuum loading condition

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
Nhat Dai Vo ◽  
Viet Hoang Quoc Lam ◽  
Tuan Minh Pham
Keyword(s):  
Loading Condition ◽  
Ground Improvement ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Small Error ◽  
Soft Ground ◽  
Optimal Depth ◽  
Geological Feature ◽  
Experimental Application ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Soft Ground Improvement

Viet Nam is one of the country that has a very soft and complicated geological feature. Therefore, how to economize cost but satisfy the standard and technical requirements in designing by selecting an appropriate method in building especially projects constructed on soft ground is always needed to consider and research continuouslly. In this paper, a method how to determine the optimal depth of PVDs under vacuum loading condition for soft ground improvement is presented and applied to specific case in 861 provincial street, Ward Cai Be, Tien Giang District. The soft soil includes two layers with total 12m thick and is allowed to drain on the top and bottom faces (double drainage). The result shows that the optimal depth of PVDs is about 10,5m with the small error of 0,7%

Soil improvement for a storage yard using the combined vacuum and fill preloading method

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 1094-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.-W Yan ◽  
J Chu
Keyword(s):  
Ground Improvement ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Foundation Soil ◽  
Surcharge Preloading ◽  
Clay Slurry ◽  
Degree Of Consolidation ◽  
Preloading Method ◽  
Undrained Shear

This paper presents a case study of using the combined vacuum and fill surcharge preloading method to improve the foundation soil for a storage yard at Tianjin Port, China. A vacuum load of 80 kPa was applied for 4-8 weeks before fill surcharge was added in stages. The site to be improved was recently reclaimed using dredged clay slurry. Both the consolidated clay slurry fill and the seabed soils were very soft. After the combined vacuum and fill surcharge preloading, the ground settled more than 1 m. The average degree of consolidation achieved was more than 80%. The undrained shear strength of the soil increased twofold. The water content of the soil also decreased substantially. The soil improvement procedure using the combined vacuum and fill surcharge preloading method and the instrumentation scheme are described, the field monitoring data are presented and analyzed, and methods to estimate the degree of consolidation and several other issues related to the combined preloading method are discussed.Key words: case history, consolidation, ground improvement.

scholarly journals PENURUNAN OPRIT JEMBATAN SEMARANG LINGKAR UTARA DAN JEMBATAN KALI JAJAR DEMAK JAWA TENGAH DENGAN PRE-FABRICATED VERTICAL DRAIN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
M Zaki ◽  
Wardani SPR ◽  
Muhrozi Muhrozi
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Unit Weight ◽  
Fast Time ◽  
Foundation Soil ◽  
Vertical Drain ◽  
Long Time

<p><em>Construction on soft soil, often creates problems. The Semarang North Ring Bridge and Kali Jajar Bridge are the Recent soft Marine Alluvium zones located in the Pantura area which have very soft soil characteristics with a depth of more than -30.0 meters this has resulted in a very large settlement due to very small grains, flood, rob, pore water pressure increases so that the shear strength of the soil will be small, the compression is large and the permeability coefficient is small so that if the construction load exceeds the critical bearing capacity, the damage to the foundation soil will occur. To get the increase in soil bearing capacity, it can be achieved by changing the properties of the soil from the shear angle (</em>f<em>), cohesion (c) and unit weight (</em>g<em>). The settlement can be reduced by increasing the cavity density from the compression of the soil particles (Wesley, 1977). Soil improvement takes a long time, aiming to increase shear resistance so that it requires a fast time in this case is to use Pre-Fabricated Vertical Drain (Bowles 1981). The results of the analysis of the pattern of decline and the effectiveness of the use of PVD (pre-fabricated vertical drain) at the Oprit Bridge in the two research locations have the same decrease in the range of the same heap height at (H = 4 meters) there is a decrease of 117.53 cm at 64 months on the bridge. Kali Jajar (STA. 3 + 200) and there was a decrease of 268.94 cm at 37 months at the Semarang North Ring Bridge</em></p>

scholarly journals SETTLEMENT EVALUATION AND BACK ANALYSIS OF THE GROUND DESIGN PARAMETERS ON THE SOIL IMPROVEMENT OF PRELOADING METHOD COMBINED WITH PVD

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Intan Kamila Adiba ◽  
Januar Fery Irawan ◽  
Luthfi Amri Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Soft Soil ◽  
Back Analysis ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Settlement Plate ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Final Settlement ◽  
Preloading Method

The use of the preloading method, which combined with PVD, is now a common method of soil improvement that proved effective in increasing bearing capacity and reducing settlement on soft soil ground types like former rice fields. In order to reach an optimum effectiveness of soil improvement, an evaluation of the settlement should be done by reviewing the performance of soil improvement along with geotechnical instruments installed in the field. In this study, the back analysis method is used to determine the soil design parameters that are following the actual conditions in the field. The results obtained from the evaluation of settlement conducted is the difference between settlement calculation theoretically before the improvement of soil with the available field data of monitoring Settlement Plate. An average percentage of 118% was obtained from the calculation. In contrast, an average percentage of 2.87% was obtained as the difference between the final settlement prediction of Asaoka's with actual settlements based on Settlement Plate readings data in the field. The parameters of the soil results from the back analysis gave new values with each of the average of Ch= 0.02936; Cc= 0.27313; kv= 0.00005 m/day; and mv= 0.00064m2/kN. The difference between theoretical settlement recalculated using the soil parameter of the back analysis method with the actual settlement based on monitoring of Settlement Plate gave an average percentage of 12.66%. Metode Preloading yang dikombinasikan dengan PVD merupakan salah satu metode perbaikan tanah yang terbukti efektif dalam meningkatkan daya dukung tanah dan mengurangi settlement pada tanah jenis lunak seperti tanah bekas sawah. Agar perbaikan tanah yang dilakukan memiliki efektifitas optimum, perlu adanya evaluasi terhadap settlement yang terjadi dengan meninjau kinerja perbaikan tanah beserta instrumeninstrumen geoteknik yang terpasang di lapangan. Selain itu, dilakukan Metode Analisa Balik untuk mengetahui parameter desain tanah yang sesuai dengan keadaan sesungguhnya di lapangan. Hasil yang didapatkan dari evaluasi settlement yang dilakukan adalah selisih settlement secara teoritis sebelum adanya perbaikan tanah dengan settlement berdasarkan monitoring Settlement Plate di lapangan dalam persentase rata-rata sebesar 118%, sedangkan selisih antara final settlement prediksi Asaoka dengan settlement akhir berdasarkan monitoring Settlement Plate di lapangan mendapatkan persentase rata-rata sebesar 2,15%. Parameter-parameter tanah hasil dari analisa balik memiliki nilai baru dengan masing-masing rata-rata sebesar Ch= 0,02936; Cc= 0,27313; kv= 0,00005 m/hari; dan mv= 0,00064m2 /kN. Sedangkan untuk selisih antara settlement secara teoritis yang dihitung kembali menggunakan parameter tanah hasil analisa balik dengan settlement aktual berdasarkan data bacaan Settlement Plate mendapatkan persentase rata-rata sebesar 12,66%.

Consolidation in Soft Soil – Case Study on Prefabricated Vertical Drains (PVDs)

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 310-319
Author(s):  
Nadarasa Kuganeswaran ◽  
Afikah Rahim ◽  
Nazri Ali
Keyword(s):  
Ground Improvement ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
3D Analysis ◽  
Prefabricated Vertical Drains ◽  
Vertical Drains ◽  
Vertical Drain ◽  
Prefabricated Vertical Drain ◽  
Improvement Method ◽  
Plaxis 3D

Background: Constructing on soft ground is one of the challenges of geotechnical engineering. The unpredictable behaviour and characteristics of soft soil can cause much damage resulting in high maintenance costs in the post-construction phase. Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyse the consolidation process and ground improvement method using surcharge and a prefabricated vertical drain by measuring the accuracy of the prediction settlement value with the actual site settlement results. Methods: An effective ground improvement method is the application of a surcharge and prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs). Various methods can be used to predict the settlement effectively, one such method being PLAXIS 3D simulation. A case study on ground improvement works was selected for this research, where PVDs were constructed and implemented at the site. A few undisturbed samples were collected from the site to generate the parameters based on the lab test conducted in the simulation process. This parameter was carefully studied and representing the principal input for the 3D model, which is generated and represents the actual ground improvement method for the selected case study. The analysis was performed using a borehole and soft soil model to generate the diagram. The prediction settlement value was generated from the PLAXIS 3D analysis as the baseline comparing to the actual results. The factors that influence the settlement value, such as the length and spacing of the prefabricated vertical drain, construction method, and soil characteristics, are also discussed. Results: A predicted settlement of 2553 mm was generated by the simulation, while the actual settlement outcome at the site was 2096 mm, a difference of 457 mm, and a prediction accuracy of 82.1%. Conclusion: The study found that the combination of surcharge and prefabricated vertical drain in the ground improvement worked well. Also, discussed were the factors that influenced the accuracy of the prediction and the site results.

INNOVATIVE SOFT SOIL IMPROVEMENT BY VACUUM DE-WATERING AND DYNAMIC COMPACTION

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuncer B. Edil
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Ground Improvement ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Cohesive Soil ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Dynamic Compaction ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Improvement Method

Recently, an innovative soft soil improvement method was advanced in China by integrating and modifying vacuum consolidation and dynamic compaction ground improvement techniques in an intelligent and controlled manner. This innovative soft soil improvement method is referred to as “High Vacuum Densification Method (HVDM)” to reflect its combined use of vacuum de-watering and dynamic compaction techniques in cycles. Over the past ten years, this innovative soft soil improvement technique has been successfully used in China and Asia for numerous large-scale soft soil improvement projects, from which enormous time and cost savings have been achieved. In this presentation, the working principles of the HVDM will be described. A discussion of the range of fine-grained, cohesive soil properties that would make them ideal for applying HVDM as an efficient ground improvement method will be discussed. The economic benefits and environmental benefits of HVDM are elucidated.

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