Experimental investigation and modeling of laser surface melting process for AISI 9254 commercially high silicon spring steel
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Author list: Charee W., Tangwarodomnukun V.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Publication year: 2019
Volume number: 115
Start page: 109
End page: 117
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 1064-119X
eISSN: 1064-119X
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
This research presents measurements and simulations of the full-scale behavior of a test embankment built on a soft marine clay deposit improved using soil–cement mixing (SCM) columns in Bangkok, Thailand, using both two-dimensional (2D) and 3D finite element analyses (FEAs). Fixed SCM columns with two different installation patterns, that is, column groups and column rows, were constructed in the soft clay foundation prior to the construction of the embankment. Three column wall methods, namely, equivalent width, equivalent axial rigidity, and equivalent flexural rigidity approaches, were used to convert the 3D individual columns into 2D plane strain column walls. A comparison of the results obtained through the 3D and 2D FEAs revealed that the 2D analyses provide inaccurate results in terms of the column lateral movements, bending moments, and axial loads induced in the SCM columns in addition to the factors of safety against slope failure. This outcome occurred because the actual columns in the 2D FEA were modeled using extended walls, which essentially prevent the movements of soil between two columns or column rows. Correction factors used to convert the 2D analysis results into 3D analysis results were also proposed in this study. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
Deep mixing, Embankment, Ground improvement, soft marine clay
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