caa a22 4500 467930953 CHVBK 20180406152943.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10706-005-6316-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10706-005-6316-z Shahu J. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 110 016, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India aut Non-uniform granular pile-mat foundations: analysis and model tests [Elektronische Daten] [J. Shahu] Granular piles are commonly used to improve bearing capacity and reduce settlements of soft soil in coastal and lowland areas. Due to various reasons, granular piles tend to acquire a non-uniform tapered-down cross-section in actual construction process. In this paper, a simple theoretical approach to predict deformation behaviour of soft ground reinforced with non-uniform granular pile-mat system is presented. A small-scale experimental set-up is fabricated in the laboratory and tests performed. Results predicted by the proposed approach compare well with the laboratory tests, and the field tests and other numerical test results available in literature. A parametric study has been carried out to evaluate the relative influence of granular mat thickness and relative stiffness on various responses of non-uniform granular piles. Springer, 2006 granular piles nationallicence model tests nationallicence parametric study nationallicence settlement analysis nationallicence soft soil nationallicence Geotechnical & Geological Engineering Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/4(2006-08-01), 1065-1087 0960-3182 24:4<1065 2006 24 10706 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-005-6316-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-005-6316-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shahu J. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 110 016, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Geotechnical & Geological Engineering Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/4(2006-08-01), 1065-1087 0960-3182 24:4<1065 2006 24 10706 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer