Deep soil mixing with cement and cement-lime mixtures has been widely used for decades to improve the strength of soils. In this study, small-scale laboratory model tests of polymer columns in soft clayey soil were conducted to evaluate the feasibility of using various polymeric compounds as binders in deep soil mixing. Floating and end bearing polymer columns were used to examine the load-settlement relationship of improved soft clayey soils for various area replacement ratios. The results indicate that polymer columns show good promise for use in deep mixing applications.
Key Words
clayey soil; deep soil mixing; polyester; polymer column; floating column; end bearing column
Address
(1) Seracettin Arasan, Majid Bagherinia, Ahmet Sahin Zaimoglu — Ataturk University, Department of Civil Engineering, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
(2) Rahim Kagan Akbulut, Fatih Isik — Ataturk University, Technical Vocational School of Higher Education, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey.
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