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Performance of Bamboo Geocells in Soft Ground Engineering Applications

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This chapter presents the results of the laboratory investigation performed on clay bed reinforced with natural (bamboo) and commercial (geosynthetics) reinforcement materials. 3D cells (similar to geocells) and 2D grids (similar to geogrids) were formed using bamboo known as bamboocells and bamboogrids, respectively. The performance of bamboocells and bamboogrids reinforced clay beds were compared with that of reinforced geocells and geogrids. Bearing capacity of the clay bed is increased by 6 times due to the provision of combination of geocell and geogrid. The ultimate bearing capacity of the bamboocell and bamboogrid reinforced clay bed was found to be 1.3 times that reinforced with geocell and geogrid. Also, substantial reduction in the footing settlement and the surface deformation was observed. The tensile strength and surface roughness of the bamboo were found to be 9 times and 3 times higher than geocell materials. The bamboo was treated chemically to increase the durability. The performance of the bamboo was reduced by 15–20% after the chemical treatment; still the performance was better than its commercial counterparts.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, 801106, India

    Amarnath M. Hegde

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Surjyamukhi Road, North, Amingaon, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India

    Prof. T. G. Sitharam (Director)

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    Amarnath M. Hegde

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

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Hegde, A.M., Sitharam, T.G. (2020). Performance of Bamboo Geocells in Soft Ground Engineering Applications. In: Sitharam, T., Hegde, A., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Geocells. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6095-8_17

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