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3. Problem statement
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PROBLEM STATEMENT
3. Mitigates liquefaction
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FUNDAMENTAL OF STONE COLUMN
stone columns are a ground improvement technique to improve the load bearing capacity of the soil.
The ratio in which the stones of different sizes will be mixed is decided by design criteria.
HISTORY OF VIBRO STONE COLUMN
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METHODS OF VIBRO REPLACEMENT STONE COLUMN
Figure: Schematic of offshore bottom feed system [V.R. Raju, Ref. no.2]
ENCASEMENT TO THE STONE COLUMN _ LATEST STUDY
Pre-fabricated encased stone column being Completed work of pre-fabricated encased stone column
lowered into a drill borehole
LABORATORY LOAD TEST ON SINGLE STONE COLUMN IN A UNIT CELL
M. B. D. Elsawy, “Behaviour of soft ground improved by conventional and geogrid encased stone
columns, based on FEM study”, Geosynthetics International, Vol.20, No. 4 (2013) Pg. 1072-6349.
Ahmet Demir, et. al., “An experimental study on behavior of geosynthetic reinforced stone columns”,
2nd International Balkans Conference on Challenges of Civil Engineering, BCCCE, , Epoka
University, Tirana, Albania, 23-25 May 2013, pp-832- 841.
S. Murugesan and K. Rajagopal, “Studies on the Behaviour of Single and Group of Geosynthetic
Encased Stone Columns”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol.
136, No. 1, January 1, 2010, Pg. No. 129–139.