Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference (한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2009.09a
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- Pages.1214-1223
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- 2009
Study on settlement characteristics of stone column reinforced in Sabkha through in-site loading test and numerical analysis
현장시험과 수치해석을 통한 암염층(Sabkha)에 보강된 스톤컬럼의 침하거동에 관한 연구
- Kim, Se-Won (School of Civil, Environmental & Architectural, Korea Univ.) ;
- Yang, Jeong-Hun (Tunnel & Underground Facility Design, Sambo Engineering Co., LTD.) ;
- Kim, Ki-Ho (Samsung Engineering Co., LTD.) ;
- Choi, Hang-Seok (School of Civil, Environmental & Architectural, Korea Univ.)
- Published : 2009.09.25
Abstract
In this study, a composite behavior of stone columns reinforced in soft ground, Sabkha, have been evaluated by a series of field measurements and numerical analysis. Field loading tests were performed to verify the effect of the composite ground reinforced by stone columns in Kayan, Saudi. The settlement measured in the field test was compared with the settlement calculated by the Priebe method and the numerical analysis using ABAQUS. It is found that the settlement estimated using the Priebe method significantly overestimated the settlement measured in the field test. In addition, it is confirmed that consideration of confinement effect exerted by surrounding stone columns in a numerical simulation is indispensable to estimate the settlement of composite ground.