Ground Improvement by Deep Vibratory Methods

• Main Authors: Kirsch, Klaus, Kirsch, Fabian
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: United States CRC Press 2016; Multiple Funders; CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 2
• Subjects: Agribusiness and primary industries; backfill; Civil; Civil engineering; Civil engineering, surveying and building; CivilEngineeringnetBASE; column; Column Group; columns; compaction; concrete; Construction; depth; Depth Vibrator; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Engineering; ENGnetBASE; Fine Grained Cohesive Soils; Foundations; Foundations and Piling; Ground Improvement Method; Industry and industrial studies; Liquefaction Resistance; Magnitude Scaling Factor; material; Nonfiction; replacement; SCI-TECHnetBASE; Soil & Rock; Soil Behavior Type Index Ic; Soil Mechanics; Soil stabilization; STMnetBASE; stone; Stone Backfill; Stone Column; Stone Column Material; Stress Concentration Factor; Technology; Technology & Engineering; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; Trial Compaction; TU Berlin; Unit Cell Concept; Vibratory compacting; vibro; Vibro Compaction; Vibro Concrete Column; Vibro Flotation; Vibro Replacement; Vibro Replacement Stone Columns; Vibro Stone Columns; concrete; Soil Behavior Type Index; Column Group; columns; Cpt; Vibro Flotation; Stone Column; Depth Vibrator; Ground Improvement Method; Stress Concentration Factor; Vibro Compaction; Liquefaction Resistance; Cpt Tip Resistance; Vibro Replacement Stone Columns; Magnitude Scaling Factor; compaction; backfill; Vibro Concrete Column; Soil Behavior Type Index Ic; Stone Backfill; Stone Column Material; TU Berlin; Compaction Probe; column; Trial Compaction; stone; depth; material; Unit Cell Concept; Vibro Stone Columns; Vibro Replacement; Fine Grained Cohesive Soils; Improvement Factor; vibro; replacement
• ISBN: 1482257572; 9781482257571; 9780367139025; 1482257564; 0367139022; 9781482257564; 9781315336039; 1315355094; 1315372347; 9781315372341; 9781315355092; 1315336030
• DOI: 10.1201/9781315372341

Vibro compaction and vibro stone columns are the two dynamic methods of soil improvement most commonly used worldwide. These methods have been developed over almost eighty years and are now of unrivalled importance as modern foundation measures. Vibro compaction works on granular soils by densification, and vibro stone columns are used to displace and reinforce fine-grained and cohesive soils by introducing inert material. This second edition includes also a chapter on vibro concrete columns constructed with almost identical depth vibrators. These small diameter concrete piles are increasingly used as ground improvement methods for moderately loaded large spread foundations, although the original soil characteristics are only marginally improved. This practical guide for professional geotechnical engineers and graduate students systematically covers the theoretical basis and design principles behind the methods, the equipment used during their execution, and state of the art procedures for quality assurance and data acquisition. All the chapters are updated in line with recent developments and improvements in the methods and equipment. Fresh case studies from around the world illustrate the wide range of possible applications. The book concludes with variations to methods, evaluates the economic and environmental benefits of the methods, and gives contractual guidance. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license