4th International Conference on Ground Improvement Techniques

IQUES
26 28 March 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[Proceedings for this Conference are in 2 volumes with ISBN reference]
Vol. 1 Table of Contents
Message from Professor Roger Hawkins
Message from Professor Pedro Sêco e Pinto
Message from ProfessorLuis Ribeiro e Sousa
Conference Special Lecture
Design and performance of fibredrain in soil improvement projects
S L Lee*, G P Karunaratne and M A Aziz
Keynote Papers
Applications of lime/cement columns in Malaysia
B B Broms
Modelling of prefabricated vertical drains in soft clay and evaluation of their effectiveness in practice
B Indraratna*, C Bamunawita, I W Redana and G McIntosh
Recent advances in jet grouting
R Katzenbach* and A Weidle
Development of pneumatic flow mixing method and its application to Central Japan International
Airport construction
M Kitazume* and T Satoh
The influence of marine soil structure on foundation treatment
L W Kong*, H B Lu, R Wang and A G Guo
From cobra swamp to international airport the ground improvement at Suvarnabhumi International
Airport
Z C Moh* and P C Lin
Geoenvironmental aspects of chemicallybased ground improvement techniques for pyritic mine
tailings
A M O Mohamed*
Ground improvement in transportation projects from old visions to innovative applications
G A Munfakh* Applications of geosynthetics for soil reinforcement
M I M Pinto*
Stability of sheet pile walls anchored in successive layers of sand and clay
A AbdelRahman*, O Mazen, M AbdelFadil and N Omar
Interpretation of plate loading tests on granular soils
F M Abdrabbo and K E Gaaver*
Control of ground settlement by stone columns case study
F M Abdrabbo* and Z I Mahmoud
Prediction of the relative density of gravelly sand from plate load test results
F M Abdrabbo* and Z I Mahmoud
Design of foundation treatment for railway embankments
A Abdullah and A Arulrajah*
Rehabilitation of a failed embankment on peaty soil
F Y AddoAbedi* and C D Antwi
Effects of weathering on engineering properties of Shemshak formation and its improvement
R Ajalloeian* and S D Mohammadi
The potential of tires rubber ash as a stabilising agent for selected problematic soil material
A S AlHomoud*
Experience in improvement of offgrade soils at construction of impervious elements of dams
N F Aripov*
Application of ground improvement methods in Adapazari City after August 17, 1999 Marmara
earthquake in Turkey
H Arman*, Z Gündüz, S Firat and M Kutanis
Technical and economical effect of soil improvement on design of flexible pavement
H Behbahanic* and M S Moosaui
Mechanical improvement and its control of the earth dam materials
M Bilgin*, R Baki_ and G Yilmaz Ünal
The control of power losses at electrodes: the key to efficient electroosmotic consolidation of soft
clays
F Burnotte* and G Lefebvre
Analytical study on deformation characteristics of soilnailed systems due to excavation
Y S Cho*, K Oda, T Matsui and Y Nabeshima
Application of copper slag as sand substitute of sand compaction pile
B S Chun*, H C Jung, K M Kim and H Y Cho
A case study on the application of CGM grouting on earth retaining in fill deposit
B S Chun* and H C Yang
Design of double track railway BidorRawang on AuGeo piling system according to BS8006 and
PLAXIS numerical analysis
N Cortlever* and H H Gutter Forces in plastic vertical drains during installation
N Cortlever* and G Dijst
Experimental investigation of the combined soil stabilization with vertical columns In the laboratory
R Cudmani, T Meier and W Schwarz
Massive ground freezing for jacked tunnel face stability, Boston central artery project
J F Donohoe, A B Corwin, P C Schmall and D Maishman
Compaction grouting and ground surface upheave
A M ElKelesh*, T Matsui, K Hayashi, H Tsuboi and H Fukada
Improvement of collapsible loess soils from Eastern Europe: lessons from Bulgaria
D Evstatiev*, D Karastanev, R Angelova and I Jefferson
Geotechnical problems and soil improvement techniques related to building roads on deposits of
organic soils in Poland
A Florkiewicz, A Wojtasik* and M Troc
Earthworks: poor ground or poor specification and conservative design
M W Frost, I Jefferson, J R Greenwood and I Smalley
The stabilization of Khon Kaen loess by means of fly ash and rice husk ash
W Gasaluck* and R Nantasarn
Beneficial use of ground improvement on a major design build transportation project in Salt Lake
Valley, Utah, USA
K Gunalan*
Soil reinforcement used to arrest bearing capacity failure at a steel mill
K M Hall, K J Wissmann*, J M Caskey and B T FitzPatrick
An investigation on the behaviour of geocomposite drains in cyclic consolidation in NW of Iran
M Hashemi* and M R Ashkbusi
Effect of sand piles on totally and partially confined swelling parameters of clay
F A Hassona*, M A Hassan, A M Aboubakr and R I Melek
Improvement effect of prefabricated vertical drain to peat ground
H Hayashi*, J Nishikawa and T Egawa Vol. 2 Table of Contents
Evaluation of lightweight materials as geoinclusion in reducing earth pressure on retaining wall
H Hazarika*, S Okuzono, Y Matsuo and K Takada
64mhighfilling of Wanzhou Airport construction in Chongqing
Z Y He and X Feng*
Facing connection strength of a geosynthetic mechanically stabilised earth wall
Y A Hegazy*
Suitability of deep mixing technique to offshore calcareous soils in Australia
M A Ismail* and J Parthezius
Study of dynamic compaction method via physical modelling tests
F Jafarzadeh and A Barat
Numerical study of propagation grout in sands
L Jason, N Saiyouri and PY Hicher
Geotechnical and environmental input during planning, design and execution
R Katzenbach*, A Fehsenfeld and A Weidle
Deformation properties of a treated soft silty clay
P S Kwan* and A Bouazza
Settling and consolidation behaviour of soft soil under the influence of electrokinetics
M H Lee*, G C Sills and M Kamon
Case histories and design of floating foundations with Geopier
®
rammed aggregate Pier
TM
elements
B H Lien*, N S Fox, E M Morales and K K Han
Working period of blended binders for subgrade stabilisation
P Lindh*
Effect of cementitious grouts on strength properties of alluvial deposits
A Majdi* and A Aalee
Quality
assessment of grouted alluviums by water pressure test
A Majdi* and F Mahmoudi
Successful
application of Vacuum Consolidation
TM
method to Nakdong River soft clay in Kimhae,
South Korea
F Masse*, K Yee and S Varaksin
Design and performance of steel sheeting pipe cellular cofferdams on deep soilcement foundation
J J G Maswoswe*
Design and performance of a frozen ground excavation support system
J J G Maswoswe* and D K Chang
Designing geosynthetic reinforced soil structure using a strain energy approach
A McGowen* and J Kupec Stabilization of the subsoil with using stiff integral geogrids
L Mica*
Cyclic pullout tests of geosynthetics under cyclic overburden pressure
Y Nabeshima* and T Matsui
Observation results for the embankment on soft ground improved by deep mixing Method and
plastic board drain method
H Oodaira*, H Hashimoto, K Goto and M Nodu
Geocomposite method of weak soil compaction and reinforcing
V I Osipov*, S D Filomonov and O N Eremina
Geojet
®
Turbojet
®
and Limix
TM
recent application of deep mixing methods for the solution of geotechnical problems
F Pagliacci*, A Bertero, M Siepi, T Forsberg and H Eriksson
Ground improvement engineering at the Norfolk International Terminal
F Pepe*, G A Munfakh and J Jones
Deep dynamic compaction trials at Al Khiran, Kuwait
J Philips*
Verification of deep mixed soil cement columns using geophysical techniques
A Porbaha*
Vibro replacement for high earth embankments and bridge abutment slopes in Putrajaya, Malaysia
V R Raju*
Potentialities of bamboocoir composites for slope stability
T S Ramanatha Ayyar* and M S Girish
Electrokinetic
stabilisation of a silty clay soil
C D F Rogers*, J E Barker, D I Boardman and J Peterson
Appraisal of granular cushions with geotextiles on expansive soil subgrades
C N V Satyanarana Reddy* and N V Rama Moorthy
Blow counts of collapsible soil strata
A O Sabbagh*
Flyash a construction material in rural roads
P V V Satyanarayana, R Rama Rao* and C V Krishna Rao
Dynamic compaction of loose Sabkha deposits for airport runway and taxiways
C J Serridge*
Geogrid micromesh reinforced granular trench
F Shamsher*
Prediction of ground settlement and site management of ground improvement works for the 2
nd
phase project of the Kansai International Airport
M Shinohara and D Oyaizu*
Site response of improved ground in the coastal Eastern United States
T C Siegel*, W M Camp III, C C Chang and M Loizias Performance of vibro stone column foundations under triaxial loading
V Sivakumar*, J McNeill and A Coyle
Bearing capacity of twolayer soil systems beneath rigid footings
B R Srinivasa Murthy, A Sridharan and P Vinod*
Performance of geosynthetics in expansive soils
V K Stalin*
Behaviour of lime flyash sand clay mixed columns in the improvement of soft ground
V K Stalin*
Applicability of resistivity method for the quality evaluation of mechanical deepmixing soil
stabilizing method
M Tamura, S Hibino, M Fujii, A Arai, Y Sakai and M Kawamura*
Evaluation of lateral resistance of foundation pile in complex ground improved by deep mixing
method
K Tomisawa*, J Nishikawa and Y Saito
Role of coir fibres in precompression of sand beds
P Vinod* and M Raji
A framework for stabilisation of lateritic soils by sand mixing
P Vinod* and M Manoj
On and offshore vibro compaction for a crude oil pipeline on Jurong Island, Singapore
J Wehr and V R Raju*
Performance of a threetiers geosynthetic reinforced residual soil slope