Field Application & Validation of Geocell for Ground Improvement of RE Wall and High Embankments

Proper Planning & Design of road network has always been an important task for Civil Engineers to provide smooth and safe connectivity to the society from the early days of civilization. And it has been challenging too since the soil strata encountered at site is not always suitable to support the foundation of structures / high embankments. In addition, the paucity of land for shifting of highway alignment and constrained to maintain the existing Crossroads/Railway crossing by building Underpasses/Flyovers/Road Over Bridge (ROB), Ground Improvement became essential for the highway project especially located at the Gangetic Plains of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh etc. portraying an unsuitable inundated foundation for high embankment of structure approaches. The virgin soils are the alluvial deposits characterized by low strength, very high Liquid Limit (LL) and, high compressibility leading to requirement of Ground Improvement at sites for proper functioning of the structure approaches during their design life.