Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-29-2020
Publication Title
Applied Sciences
Volume
10
Issue
9
First page number:
1
Last page number:
20
Abstract
Liquefaction is a hazardous seismic-based phenomenon, which causes an abrupt decrease in soil strength properties and can result in the massive destruction of the built environment. This research presents a novel approach to reduce the risk of soil liquefaction using jet-grouted micropiles in clean sands. The saturated soil profile of the study project mainly contains clean sands, which are suitable to more reliably employ simplified soil liquefaction analyses. The grouting is conducted using 420 micropiles to increase the existing soil properties. The effect of jet grouting on reducing the potential of liquefaction is assessed using the results of the cone penetration test (CPT) and the standard penetration test (SPT), which were conducted before and after jet grouting by implementing micropiles in the project sites. According to three CPT-based liquefaction analyses, the Juang method predicts the most effective improvement range of the factor of safety in the clean sand. The Boulanger and Idriss, and Eurocode methods show comparable evaluations. Results of the SPT-based analyses show the most considerable increase of the factor of safety following the Boulanger and Idriss, and NCEER approaches in the SP soil. CPT- and SPT-based analyses confirm the effectiveness of jet grouting by micropiles on enhancing soil properties and reducing the risk of liquefaction.
Keywords
Soil liquefaction; Micropile; Cone penetration test; CPT; Standard penetration tests; SPT; Soil improvement; Jet grouting; Clean sand
Disciplines
Environmental Engineering
File Format
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8.011 KB
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Farhangi, V.,
Karakouzian, M.,
Geertsema, M.
(2020).
Effect of Micropiles on Clean Sand Liquefaction Risk Based on CPT and SPT.
Applied Sciences, 10(9),
1-20.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10093111