EFFECTIVENESS OF TRIANGULAR AND RECTANGULAR PATTERN OF STONE COLUMN WITH VARYING S/D RATIO ON CONSOLIDATION BEHAVIOUR OF SOIL

Abstract

Fast urbanization and development of infrastructure, in the present days, has brought about drastically expanded interest for arrive space. This has constrained the building industry to enhance the delicate soil grounds which generally are unsatisfactory for development exercises. Among the different ground change methods utilized, stone columns and geosynthetic support are likely the most prevalent ones. This is basically because of their simple construction procedure and general economy that discovers support with the engineers. This paper introduces a test settlement investigation of delicate soil establishments reinforced by stone sections. A progression of tests must be done to develop an understanding of the performance change of soft soil beds utilizing stone section. Tests were carried out first for the simple soil and then with the triangular and rectangular pattern of stone column installed in it. The above procedure is followed for a different s/d ratio. A correlation will be appeared to separate the settlement obtained from the triangular and rectangular pattern of stone column along with the differences for the varying s/d ratio. Using the solutions obtained, graphs and charts were prepared and the important behavior of soil consolidation is discussed and presented. Finally it has to be found out which geometrical pattern between triangular and rectangular stone column is more effective at which s/d spacing.