Arching in geogrid-reinforced pile-supported embankments over silty clay of medium compressibility: Field data and analytical solution

Long-term reinforcement strains for column supported embankments with viscous reinforcement by FEM

“…To minimize column construction costs and improve embankment stability, geosynthetic reinforcement is increasingly used as basal reinforcement in combination with columns to control embankment deformations including both vertical and horizontal displacements (e.g., Forsman et al, 1999;Parmantier et al, 2005;Lai et al, 2006;Pooranampillai et al, 2012;Borges and Gonçalves, 2016;Chen et al, 2016;Zhang et al, 2016).…”

A closed-form solution for column-supported embankments with geosynthetic reinforcement

“…Some researchers (Li and Rowe, 2008;Ariyarathne and Liyanapathirana, 2015;Feng et al, 2015;Rowe and Liu, 2015;Yu et al, 2016;Zhang et al, 2016) have found that the geosynthetic reinforcement is significant in load transfer platforms. The geosynthetics can enhance load transfer efficiency and diminish differential settlements.…”

Numerical study on the effect of rigid inclusions on existing railroads

“…Most of the problems mentioned above arise from a soft subgrade. A variety of ground improvement techniques have been adopted to address soft subgrade‐related issues, among others: grouting [eg,], soil mixing [eg,], micropile [eg,], soil nail [eg,], stone column [eg,], and rigid inclusions . The last one (also known as column‐supported embankment) are gaining more attention every time in geotechnical engineering in general [eg,], and in the railroad industry in particular [eg,].…”

“…A variety of ground improvement techniques have been adopted to address soft subgrade-related issues, among others: grouting [eg, [22][23][24][25] ], soil mixing [eg, [26][27][28][29] ], micropile [eg, [30][31][32] ], soil nail [eg, [33][34][35][36] ], stone column [eg, [37][38][39][40], and rigid inclusions. [41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] The last one (also known as column-supported embankment) are gaining more attention every time in geotechnical engineering in general [eg, [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61], and in the railroad industry in particular [eg, [62][63][64][65][66][67] ]. This increasing interest is because this soil improvement technique is based on traditional materials (eg, timber o...…”