Latest Thoughts on Ground Improvement Techniques: Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE)

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
 Ground Improvement as Alternative to Piling – Effective Design Solutions for Heavily Loaded Structures  (Wolfgang Sondermann)....Pages 1-25
 Behavior of Ordinary and Encased Stone Columns End-Bearing and Floating in Soft Clay (Numerical Model)  (Mahmoud Ali)....Pages 26-38
 Reliability Analysis of Stone Column Improved Soft Soil by Finite Element Approach  (Anasua GuhaRay, Abhijeet Roy)....Pages 39-50
 Enhancing the Soft Clay Bearing Capacity by Using Cement Dust – Lime Columns  (Adel Belal, El-Mashad, S. A. Elsoud, M. M. AbdelMonem)....Pages 51-65
 Best Practice and Minimum Standard in Prefabricated Vertical Drain Execution  (Robert Thurner, Mohamed Ayeldeen)....Pages 66-76
 Efficacy of Sustainable Soil Stabiliser on Compaction Properties of Expansive Soil  (Asita Dalvi, Abhilash Patil, Yashodip Jadhav, Khandu Jadhav, Pritesh Nehatrao, Sanjay Gawali et al.)....Pages 77-84
 Comparison of Performance of Various Vertical Drains  (Fifi Jacob, Anil Joseph, S. Chandrakaran, N. Sankar, Babu T. Jose)....Pages 85-100
 Stabilization of Subgrade Soil Using Polyacrylamide-Based Additive  (Romel N. Georgees, Rayya A. Hassan)....Pages 101-111
 Effect of Wet-Dry Cycles on Mechanical Strength Properties of Cement Stabilized Granular Lateritic Soil  (Brundaban Beriha, Dipti Ranjan Biswal, Umesh Chandra Sahoo)....Pages 112-121
 Influence of the Carbonate Content on CPT-Results and Practical Relevance for the Soil Improvement Works on Major Land Reclamation Projects  (Robert Thurner, Johannes Reinisch, Franz Tschuchnigg)....Pages 122-131
 Strength and Micro Structural Behavior of Lime Stabilized Dredged Soil  (Obaid Qadir Jan, Bashir Ahmed Mir)....Pages 132-153
 Finding Engineering Solutions in Collapsible Soils, Before and After Construction  (Peter Scott)....Pages 154-162
 Stabilization of Soil Using Terrasil, Zycobond and Cement as Admixtures  (V. Padmavathi, E. C. Nirmala Peter, P. N. Rao, M. Padmavathi)....Pages 163-170
 Experimental Investigation on Stone Columns in Cohesive Soil  (Adel Hanna, Mahmoud Khalifa, Mohamed Abdel Rahman)....Pages 171-181
 Experimental and Numerical Study of the Impact of Heavy Structures Settlement Founded on Layered Soft Ground Improved by Floating Rigid Inclusions  (A. Rouag, M. Akchiche, J. Moussa)....Pages 182-192
 A Comparison of Soil Improvement Techniques for Frost Heave Mitigation  (Yao Zhang, Liangxiao Xiong, Lin Liu)....Pages 193-203
 Influence of Stone Column Installation on Performance of Reinforced Foundations  (Abdeldjalil Remadna, Sadok Benmebarek)....Pages 204-212
 Utilization of Plastic Straws to Improve Lateritic Soil in Paving  (Lucas Gabriel Lopes da Silva, Thamara Silva Barbosa, Ivonne Maria Alejandra Gutierrez Gongora)....Pages 213-223
 A Comparative Study of the Treatment of Oil Field Produced Water by Adsorption and Membrane Intervention  (Debasish Konwar, Subrata Borgohain Gogoi, Joyshree Barman, Bwhwithi Machahary)....Pages 224-245
 The Effect of Helix Piles-Raft Foundation on Elastic and Consolidation Settlements in Tropical Fibrous Peat Soil  (Ardy Arsyad, Indra H. Ratu)....Pages 246-256
 Evaluation of the Technical Alternatives for the Stabilization of the Sublevel Layer in the BRT Sul Corridor Works, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil  (Haroldo Paranhos, Rideci Farias, Marcos Costa, Joyce Maria Lucas Silva, Roberto Pimentel)....Pages 257-268
Back Matter ....Pages 269-270