Improved methods to prevent railway embankment failure and subgrade degradation: A review

MJ Roshan, ASA Rashid, NA Wahab… - Transportation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Railway transportation is one of the most advantageous modes of transportation because of
its high capacity, which obviates the increasing demand for conveying passengers and …

Dynamic behavior and stability of soil foundation in heavy haul railway tracks: A review

G Lazorenko, A Kasprzhitskii, Z Khakiev… - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
The roadbed is the most deformable and most heterogeneous component of the railway
track infrastructure, which state is the main factor determining the efficiency of the road, and …

Improvement of problematic soils with biopolymer—an environmentally friendly soil stabilizer

N Latifi, S Horpibulsuk, CL Meehan… - Journal of Materials in …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Problematic soils with high compressibility and low shear strength are often treated with
traditional chemical stabilizing additives such as cement and lime to improve their …

Centrifuge modeling of stability of embankment on soft soil improved by rigid columns

H Liu, Q Luo, MH El Naggar, L Zhang… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Earth platforms supported by rigid columns provide an effective solution for embankments
founded on thick deposits of soft soils. Nevertheless, the failure mechanisms and associated …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of industrial by-product based geopolymers on the strength development of a soft soil

M Yaghoubi, A Arulrajah, MM Disfani, S Horpibulsuk… - Soils and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Portland cement is traditionally used as a binder in ground improvement projects on soft soil
foundations. The use of cement in ground improvement projects, however, is fraught with …

Three-dimensional numerical analysis of a DCM column-supported highway embankment

P Jamsawang, N Yoobanpot, N Thanasisathit… - Computers and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a three-dimensional numerical analysis of a well-monitored DCM (deep
cement mixing) column-supported embankment for a highway in Thailand. A coupled three …

Impact of field conditions on the strength development of a geopolymer stabilized marine clay

M Yaghoubi, A Arulrajah, MM Disfani, S Horpibulsuk… - Applied Clay …, 2019 - Elsevier
A soft marine clay was stabilized with fly-ash (FA) and slag (S) based geopolymers. FA and
S with combined contents of 10, 20 and 30% were added to the soft clay and activated with a …

Bearing capacity of geogrid reinforced sand over encased stone columns in soft clay

P Debnath, AK Dey - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2017 - Elsevier
Stone columns develop their load carrying capacity from the circumferential confinement
provided by the surrounding soils. In very soft soils, the circumferential confinement offered …

Evaluation of interface shear strength properties of geogrid-reinforced construction and demolition materials using a modified large-scale direct shear testing …

A Arulrajah, MA Rahman, J Piratheepan… - Journal of Materials in …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
The interface shear strength properties of geogrid-reinforced construction and demolition
(C&D) aggregates were determined using a modified large scale direct shear test (DST) …

Improved performance of soft clay foundations using stone columns and geocell-sand mattress

SK Dash, MC Bora - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2013 - Elsevier
A series of experiments have been carried out to develop an understanding of the
performance improvement of soft clay foundation beds using stone column-geocell sand …