Engineering and Technology Journal

Modifying the Strength of Soft Soils via Heating and Cement Grouting Method

Ali H. Shareef; Mohammed A. Al- Neami; Falah H. Rahil

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 10 December 2023

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.2023.143018.1556

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Soft clayey soils present geotechnical engineering challenges with significant stability and settlement. Various methods are employed to enhance the geotechnical properties of these ... Read More ...

Settlement of Shallow Foundation in Dry Sand Under an Earthquake

Mohammed A. Al-Neami; Falah H. Rahil; Ahmed F. Hussain

Volume 39, Issue 8 , August 2021, , Page 1206-1215

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.v39i8.527

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Seismically induced settlement of buildings with shallow foundations resting on dry sand soils has resulted in severe damage in recent earthquakes. A multi-degree of freedom shaking ... Read More ...

Characteristics of Artificial, Gypsified and Natural Gypseous Soils under Dry Condition

Wisam M. Yaqoob; Falah H. Rahil; Moammed A. Al-Neami

Volume 37, 8A , August 2019, , Page 302-312

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.37.8A.1

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Gypseous soil characteristics were studied types many researchers, but the bearing capacity of sandy gypseous soil with different preparing of the soil models were tested in dry condition ... Read More ...

Comparison of the Behavior for Free Standing Pile Group and Piles of Piled Raft

Awf Al-Kaisi; Falah H. Rahil; Mohanned Waheed

Volume 36, 4A , April 2018, , Page 373-380

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.36.4A.3

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The intended task of this paper is studying the behavior of free standing pile groups and piles of piled raft driven in clayey soil under axial loading. The raft-piles interaction is ... Read More ... The intended task of this paper is studying the behavior of free standing pile groups and piles of piled raft driven in clayey soil under axial loading. The raft-piles interaction is investigated as well through the two series of tests. Each one of these series includes twelve tests, the two series are conducted with the same configuration, spacing, size of piles and undrained shear strength of soil except that in the free standing group there is a gap of about (20-25 mm) between the raft and the soil surface to have the applied load transferred to the piles only in order to compare the behavior of piles in the two cases. Three grades of undrained shear strength (cu) of clayey soil are selected which are (20 or 40 or 60 kPa) and the configuration of the pile groups used in all tests is (2 x 2). Two different pile lengths (L) are selected (300 and 450 mm). These lengths represent the slenderness ratio (L/D) of (10) and (15) respectively, so that the center-to-center spacing between the piles (S) used are (3D) and (5D). It is observed that piles exhibited a very high stiffness at initial loading stages till the settlement is about 0.5mm, beyond this level, even for a small increment in the load, the pile settled rapidly, which means that once the friction is overcome the piles failed instantaneously. In addition, most of the load capacity of piles is mobilized at settlement of around (1 – 2 mm), corresponding to (5 %) of pile diameter.Moreover, the increasing the undrained shear strength of clay from (20 to 60 kPa) has no significant effect on the load transfer mechanism of piles in the two cases .It can be concluded that the load capacity of the free standing pile group is about equal to the piles in piled raft case, indicating that the interaction effect is not significant, therefore, it is suggested to apply an efficiency factor (αG) of (1) in designing the piled - raft foundation in clayey soil when calculating for pile load share.

Development Bearing Capacity of Piles Embedded in Clayey Soil

Awf Al-Kaisi; Falah H. Rahil; Mohanned Q. Waheed

Volume 36, 3A , March 2018, , Page 315-321

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.36.3A.10

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The load carrying capacity of piles resulting from base resistance and shaft resistance, the load transfer mechanism of piles is complicated since the mode of failure of these components ... Read More ... The load carrying capacity of piles resulting from base resistance and shaft resistance, the load transfer mechanism of piles is complicated since the mode of failure of these components is different in addition to the effect of pile installation on the soil surrounding of piles .The intended task of this paper is studying the behavior of pile group model driven in clayey soil subjected to vertical axial loading, and the assessment of the development of resistance of each of the two components, tip resistance and skin friction of the piles of during loading. Twelve piles group tests are conducted at three grades of undrained shear strength (cu) of clayey soil which are (20 or 40 or 60 kPa) where the configuration of the pile groups used in all tests is (2 x 2). Two different pile lengths (L) are selected (300 and 450 mm), these lengths represent the slenderness ratio (L/D) of (10) and (15) respectively, so that the center to center spacing between the piles (Sp) used are (3D) and (5D). It was observed that the most of the load capacity of piles is mobilized at settlement of around (1 – 2 mm), corresponding to (5 %) of pile diameter (D) , however, the development of full shaft resistance of piles appears at a low displacement range and is only of about (1 to 2 %) of the pile diameter while the pile end bearing will mobilize at a higher displacement range in the range of (5 to 10%).The changing of undrained shear strength of clay from (20 to 60 kPa) has no significant effect on the load transfer mechanism and the mobilization of shaft resistance and end bearing with increasing the settlement. It was concluded that a low ratio load sharing of piles tip, especially with increasing slenderness ratio (L/D) , which supports the fact that the piles in the weak clayey soils behave as a floating pile which leads to neglecting end bearing capacity in calculating the total pile load capacity as indicated by some references.

Improvement of Ballast Embankment Resting on Soft Clay by Reed and Asphalt Layers

Namir.K.S. AL-Saoudi; Falah H. Rahil; Kawther Y.H. AL-Soudany

Volume 29, Issue 15 , November 2011, , Page 3224-3241

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.29.15.16

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The present paper investigates the possibility of using reed and /or asphalt as stabilizing materials for ballast model embankment overlaying a bed of soft soil. Four model tests were ... Read More ...

Author = Falah H. Rahil

Modifying the Strength of Soft Soils via Heating and Cement Grouting Method

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Settlement of Shallow Foundation in Dry Sand Under an Earthquake

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Characteristics of Artificial, Gypsified and Natural Gypseous Soils under Dry Condition

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Comparison of the Behavior for Free Standing Pile Group and Piles of Piled Raft

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Development Bearing Capacity of Piles Embedded in Clayey Soil

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Improvement of Ballast Embankment Resting on Soft Clay by Reed and Asphalt Layers

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