Investigation of Bearing Capacity and Settlement of Strip Footing on Clay Reinforced with Stone Columns

A method is proposed for evaluating settlement and bearing capacity of soft clay that reinforced with stone columns. A numerical analysis was carried out using Plaxis software with considering the effect of compaction of soft clay. For the numerical simulation, Mohr-Coulomb model was considered for the soft soil, sand and stone column. From numerical results, the bearing capacity ratio(BCR) and settlement reduce ratio(SRR) of the soil has been estimated. On the bases of the analysis performed in this research, it can be concluded that the value of BCR is depended on footing width. The results are compared with those available in the literature and the advantages of the numerical analysis were highlighted