A Numerical Method of the Flexible Pavement Supported by SSC on Expansive Soil

Abstract:

Many road and highway have been constructed over the expansive soil in Java island without proper soil improvement for the subgrade. The behavior of the column on the expansive soil needs for study numerically and large scale. In this study, a numerical analysis is performed to study the effect of swelling on the deformation of the soil stabilized column supported flexible pavement. The main focus of the research is to obtain the deformation due to swelling and vehicle loading. The methodology including comparison the differential settlement of the soil stabilized column supported flexible pavement and unsupported flexible pavement as control model. The numerical analysis was modeled using finite element method. The simulations result that the column installation to support flexible pavement reduced the heaving and differential settlement of the pavement effectively. In case the overlay was performed for rehabilitation and maintenance of the pavement, the mini-columns can be installed before the overlay works. However, the conclusions of the study were limited to the result of numerical modeling that depended on the applied material model and volumetric swelling.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 845)
• Pages: 62-69
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.845.62
• Online since: July 2016
• Authors: Agus Setyo Muntohar*
• Keywords: Expansive Soil, Finite Element Method, Flexible Pavement, Mini-Column, Numerical Model

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