Static and Dynamic Load Transfer Behaviors of the Composite Foundation Reinforced by the Geosynthetic-Encased Stone Column

Mengjie Liu, Kaifeng Wang, Jiayong Niu () and Fang Ouyang
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Mengjie Liu: CSCEC Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 050001, China
Kaifeng Wang: CSCEC Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 050001, China
Jiayong Niu: Ningxia Institute of Water Resources Research, Yinchuan 750021, China
Fang Ouyang: School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: An accurate description of the load transfer behaviors of the geosynthetic-encased stone column (GESC) is of great importance for revealing the bearing capacity of GESC. Static load tests and shake table model tests were performed to characterize the static and dynamic load transfer behaviors of the composite foundation reinforced by the GESC. Under static loading, static load tests were conducted on a fully geosynthetic-encased stone column (FGESC), partially geosynthetic-encased stone column (PGESC) and traditional stone column (TSC). The influence of length and stiffness of the encasement on the stone columns were investigated. Under seismic loading, the shake table model tests were performed to analyze the differences of the dynamic pile-soil stress responses between the composite foundations with the GESC and the TSC. The results show that the static pile-soil stress ratios of the composite foundation with the FGESC are about three to six times of those of the composite foundation with the TSC, and the difference increases with the increase in the stiffness or length of the encasement. The static vertical stress of 60% acting on the pile top can be transferred to the pile bottom for the FGESC, while only 27~45% for the TSC. The dynamic pile-soil stress ratios of the GESC and the TSC first decrease and then increase slightly with the increase of the input peak acceleration. The dynamic pile-soil stress ratio of the GESC is about three times that of the TSC under seismic excitation with the same type and peak acceleration. The attenuation rate of dynamic stress along the pile body under dynamic loading is much faster than that under the static loading. Under the static and dynamic conditions, the load transfer capacity and pile efficacy of the GESC are always better than those of the TSC.

Keywords: geosynthetic encased stone column; composite foundation; static load test; shake table model tests; load transfer behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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