Performance improvement of weak clay foundation using stone column and geocell sand mattress

Abstract

Due to the ever increasing demand for land space because of increased construction activity world wide there is an increasing need to improve soft soil grounds which otherwise are deemed to be unsuitable Ground improvement technique is a potential alternative to mitigate this problem Amongst the various ground improvement techniques used for improving the in situ ground conditions geosynthetics reinforcement and stone column technique are the widely used ones The three dimensional geocells