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Record W4409799945 · doi:10.11159/icgre25.203

Hybrid Deep Foundation System for Collapsible Soils

2025· article· en· W4409799945 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Tahar Ayadat, Danish Ahmed

Bibliographic record

VenueProceedings of the World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsFoundation (evidence)Soil waterGeotechnical engineeringComputer scienceGeologySoil scienceArchaeology

Abstract

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The inherent strength of collapsible soils in their desiccated state is often compromised upon exposure to moisture.This poses a formidable challenge for foundation engineers when designing under such conditions.The intricacies of foundation design are exacerbated by the variability in treatment protocols, contingent on factors such as collapsible soil depth and the structural demands of the intended edifice.Deep foundations, often indispensable, facilitate the transfer of loads to more resilient strata beneath the collapsible soil matrix.This study pioneers the conception of an innovative foundation system calibrated to navigate the complexities of collapsible soils.Serving as an avant-garde foundation support mechanism, the novel system amalgamates raft foundations, steel cylindrical piles, and encapsulated and stabilized stone columns within an integrated framework.Employing sophisticated numerical analysis via Plaxis 3D, the performance of this hybrid system within collapsible soils is rigorously evaluated.Findings underscore the transformative potential of coupling reinforced stone columns with piles, culminating in a substantial augmentation of load-bearing capacity.Optimal performance is manifested when reinforced stone columns are judiciously positioned at the core of the raft foundation, complemented by peripheral pile deployment.Beyond load-bearing enhancement, the novel foundation system exhibits an unparalleled propensity for elevating ground quality and optimizing soil foundation performance.This innovation transcends the efficacy of traditional pile solutions and supersedes stone columns in terms of ground improvement.Moreover, the amalgamated foundation system is postulated to catalyze a transformative alteration in soil foundation dynamics, engendering a composite ground of elevated capabilities.The study further introduces a pioneering analytical model poised to prognosticate the carrying capacity of this integrated foundation system.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.013

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.003
GPT teacher head0.178
Teacher spread0.175 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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