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The document analyzes the effect of overlap distance and chord angle on the performance of overlapping soil-cement columns through numerical investigation. The analysis shows that total stress on the columns decreases initially with overlap distance due to stress concentration, but then increases between certain overlap to column diameter ratios, implying a suitable range for design.

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The document analyzes the effect of overlap distance and chord angle on the performance of overlapping soil-cement columns through numerical investigation. The analysis shows that total stress on the columns decreases initially with overlap distance due to stress concentration, but then increases between certain overlap to column diameter ratios, implying a suitable range for design.

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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET)

Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2017, pp. 627–637, Article ID: IJCIET_08_05_070


Available online at http://iaeme.com/Home/issue/IJCIET?Volume=8&Issue=5
ISSN Print: 0976-6308 and ISSN Online: 0976-6316

© IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed

EFFECT OF OVERLAP DISTANCE AND CHORD


ANGLE ON PERFORMANCE OF
OVERLAPPING SOIL-CEMENT COLUMNS

Abbey, S.J., Ngambi, S. and Olubanwo, A.O.


School of Energy, Construction and Environment
Coventry University, United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT
The stress distribution in deep mixing improved columns is affected by cement
content and in-situ soil properties of the surrounding soil. Group of cement improved
soil columns can be overlapped to form a shear wall which can support side slopes of
embankments to enhance stability of the supported structure. The overlap distance of
these columns is one factor that influences the efficacy of the columns and their
overall effect on performance of the supported structure. This paper presents a
numerical investigation on the effect of overlap distance and chord angle of overlap
on the performance of soil-cement columns. The analysis of results show that the total
stress on the columns decreases initially from 89.9kPa to 83.1kPa at 0 and 0.16m
overlap distance due to development of discontinuities and stress concentration at
corners of overlapping columns. The total stress on the column also increases
between 0.16 and 0.32m overlaps corresponding to e/d ratio of 0.2 to 0.4m. This
implies that values between 0.2-0.4 can be adopted for ratio of overlap distance and
column diameter in design of overlapping column.
Key words: Weak soil, deep mixing, soil-cement, overlapping columns, overlap
distance, total stress.
Cite this Article: Abbey, S.J., Ngambi, S. and Olubanwo, A.O. Effect of Overlap
Distance and Chord Angle on Performance of Overlapping Soil-Cement Columns.
International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 8(5), 2017, pp. 627–637.
http://iaeme.com/Home/issue/IJCIET?Volume=8&Issue=5

1. INTRODUCTION
Soil improvement becomes very necessary when the present state of a soil in terms of its
engineering properties fails to meet the proposed use of the site. Deep soil mixing techniques
have been designed to address the problems associated with performance of weak engineering
soils due to poor resistance of these soils to shear deformation, low bearing capacity and
excessive vertical compression, (Shakriet al., 2014). Undoubtedly, Cement-Soil mixing

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