Journal Article

Liquefaction Mitigation of Saturated Sand Using Ordinary, Filtered, and Geosynthetic-encased Stone Columns in Shaking Table Tests

Ghazavi, M, Geramian, Atefe, Attari, N. K. A

2024

Overview

This paper presents the results of large shaking table tests to investigate the improvement effects of using ordinary stone columns (OSCs), geosynthetic-encased stone columns (GESCs), and surrounded stone columns with filtering material (FSCs) on saturated sand. The internal dimensions of rigid box were 2.35 m and 0.9 m in plan and was filled with 1.1 m Firuzkuh sand using the water pluviation method. The diameters of stone columns (SCs) were 120 mm and 170 mm and the SCs spacing was 300 mm. The embedded lengths of SCs were 1100 mm. The results indicate that, although the increase in excess pore water pressure is not restrained by using OSCs, the use of both GESCs and FSCs are more effective to mitigate liquefaction potential. This is because of the effectiveness of the geotextile and sand filter on preventing the clogging of SCs and allowing permanent drainage of SCs during shaking. It was found that in the cases of unimproved sandy ground and improved sand by OSCs at 0.05 g loading horizontal acceleration, sand became totally liquefied, while in the cases of improved sand by GESCs or FSCs, under approximately 0.2 g acceleration, the soil close to the SCs was not liquefied.

• Publisher: Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Drainage / Earthquakes / Effectiveness / Galvanized steel / Geosynthetics / Geotechnical fabrics / Hydrostatic pressure / Internal dimensions / Liquefaction / Pore pressure / Pore water / Pore water pressure / Sand / Sand filters / Shake table tests / Stone / Stone columns / Urban development / Water pressure / Water purification