Road Slope Stabilization using Stone Columns

Road slope stabilization is one of the most common issues in reducing financial and life risks. Use of efficient and cost effective approaches for stabilizing earth slopes is a crucial matter. Due to Road growth, stabilizing of endanger slopes and insuring its safety is one of the basic concerns for engineers. With regard to regional condition, site importance, economical status, and many other factors, using common methods of stabilizing are diverse. One of these appropriate approaches for reinforcing earth slopes is the use of stone columns. Using stone columns, which, besides its simplicity and comfort implementation, is also very economical. The object of this research is presentation of experimentally and numerically investigates stone column stabilization of earth slopes, and investigates case studies about using stone columns in road slopes stabilization.