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Stone column ground improvement involves adding vertical columns of stone into the ground to a depth of at least 4m below the ground surface. A layer of compacted gravel can then be put over the top of the columns, ready for the construction of new house foundations.

The effectiveness and performance of the stone column technique is influenced by several factors, including the column length to diameter ratio (L/d), the area replacement ratio (As), the column spacing (s), the stiffness of the column (Ec) and of the surrounding soil (Es), the stress ratio of the column and soil (?vc/ ...

A stone column is one of the soil stabilization methods that is used to increase strength, decrease the compressibility of soft and loose fine graded soils, accelerate a consolidation effect and reduce the liquefaction potential of soils.

Stone columns are considered one of methods used to reduce the settlement of soft clay soil, and helps to speed up the rate of consolidation by shorting the length of drainage path within the soft clay layers, and then decrease the relative displacement between the pile and the surrounding soft soils.

Like most ground improvement techniques, stone columns are used to reduce settlement and increase load-bearing capacity. They also accelerate soil consolidation as a result of the drainage capacity of the granular material within the columns, which act as pore or water pressure evacuation points.

The stone column technique is a very efficient method of improving the strength parameters of soil like bearing capacity and reducing consolidation settlement. It offers a much economical and sustainable alternative to piling and deep foundation solutions.

Stone columns are one of the best effective and feasible techniques for soft clay soil improvement. Stone columns increase the bearing capacity and reduce the settlement of soil. Finite element analyses were performed using the program PLAXIS 2D.