TY - GEN AU - Wael Mohamed Saleh AU - Magda Mahmoud AbdElrahman , AU - Mohamed AbdAllah Elkhouly , TI - 3D finite element study of the behavior of stone columns / PY - 2007/// CY - Cairo : PB - Wael Mohamed Saleh , KW - 3 - D finite KW - Soil improvement KW - Stone columns N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Engineering - Department Of Civil Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - Stone columns have been successfully used as a ground improvement technique for cohesive soil to increase the soil bearing capacity , to reduce the resulting settlement and to speed up the consolidation process in the ground UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -