Rapid consolidation and compaction method for soil improvement of various layers of soils and intermediate geomaterials in a soil deposit

Abstract

The rapid consolidation and compaction method comprises (i) first driving a hollow pipe, (ii) driving a pipe with a removable end plate after filling and compacting the sandy material in it, through the hollow pipe, to required depth, creating high excess pore-water pressures in the range of 50 to 300 KPa in clayey soils, (iv) pulling out the pipe section leaving behind the removable end plate and thereby installing porous displacement piles which allows dissipation of the excess pore-water pressures horizontally to the porous displacement pile, in which the excess water flows out vertically to the ground surface, and (v) the length of the drainage path is reduced to half the spacing between adjoining porous displacement piles, allowing rapid consolidation resulting in increase in density. Installing the porous displacement piles in the layer of loose to medium dense sand layer results in the instantaneous increase in its density.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This application is for applying for a utility patent in a technical field which includes civil engineering and geotechnical engineering for soil densification of layers of soils and intermediate geomaterials in a soil deposit. This specification / description is complete-in-itself. This invention is not sponsored or supported by federally sponsored research or development or by any other organization. This invention has been conceived, developed and completed independently by the inventor, Dr. Ramesh Chandra Gupta, Ph. D., P.E, President and Sole Owner of SAR6 INC. The inventor, Dr. Ramesh Chandra Gupta is a Citizen of the United States of America.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002]Sand drain technique to strengthen the weak soils (Kennedy and Woods, 1954) has been in wide use from long time. Bowles, 1988 summarized the method of Sand Drains to strengthen and consolidate clayey soil layers which cannot support the load of the embankment or foundation structures. A circ...

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Benefits of technology

The rapid consolidation and compaction method is a way to increase the density of soft to very stiff cohesive soil. It can be used to compact sandy soil and make it stiffer or denser for use as a foundation for structures. The method can save millions of dollars compared to other options and allows for faster construction. It can also be used to handle excess pore-water pressure and minimize settlement. Overall, the method can improve the quality and speed of construction for highway projects and other structures.

Problems solved by technology

Many organizations do not allow vibratory probes to drive pipes in clayey soils.

In sand drain technology, embankment is placed on the site area to consolidate and densify the area, which also results in densification of sand drains which consists of loosely filled sand, but Mars (1978) method does not use the embankment to be built over the area where the loosely filled pebbles etc. have been filled in the vertical holes.

In many cases, it may not be practical to pull out the pipe section out of the ground.

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