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Performance assessment of composite skirted ground reinforcement system in liquefiable ground under repeated dynamic loading conditions

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Occurrence of earthquake generates both horizontal and vertical ground motions. In saturated sands, combination of generated ground motions and pore water pressures induces soil liquefaction. In this study, a composite skirted ground reinforcement system was developed to mitigate generation of pore water pressure in liquefiable soils and also to attenuate incoming ground motions to the foundation. The composite system contains Polyurethane foam as an isolation barrier for ground motion attenuation with stone columns for improving both soil densification and drainage. The performance of this composite reinforcement system was evaluated under repeated acceleration loading conditions to estimate its efficiency. For testing, saturated ground model having 40% and 60% relative density was prepared and investigated with and without the composite reinforcement system. Test results showed that, the developed skirted ground reinforcement system effectively mitigates the interaction of incoming ground motions with the foundation and also improves the reliquefaction resistance of soil compared to that of unreinforced ground.

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The authors would like to thank the Director, CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, for giving permission to publish this research work. The authors would also like to thank the Head, Geotechnical Engineering Division, CSIR-CBRI for his continuous support during this research work. Also, we would like to extend our thanks to the Head, Department of Applied Geophysics, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad and co-author, Dr. Saurabh Datta Gupta, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Geophysics, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, for their constant motivation and support during this research work.

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    S. P. Vijay Kumar & Saurabh Datta Gupta

  2. Geotechnical Engineering Division, CSIR – Central Building Research Institute, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India

    S. Ganesh Kumar

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Vijay Kumar, S.P., Ganesh Kumar, S. & Datta Gupta, S. Performance assessment of composite skirted ground reinforcement system in liquefiable ground under repeated dynamic loading conditions. Bull Earthquake Eng 20, 1397–1429 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01298-4

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