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DHAMELIYA CHIRAG, S.S.A.S.I.T, Surat, Gujarat,India; MOMIN IMDADHUSAIN ,S.S.A.S.I.T, Surat, Gujarat,India; PATOLIYA BRIJESH ,S.S.A.S.I.T, Surat, Gujarat,India; SONANI JIGAR M ,S.S.A.S.I.T, Surat, Gujarat,India

In this technological era, development of infrastructures such as railway, roadway, bridges, special buildings etc. are increasing tremendously. Due to paucity of useful land and strength of soil, engineers have to improve soil properties like shear strength, bulk density, permeability, void ratio, water holding capacity etc. by adopting different ground improvement techniques. The one of the method among ground improvement techniques is reinforcing the soil with materials like steel, stainless steel, aluminium, fibers, fiber glass, nylon, and polyester, polyamides in the form of other strips or grids, combination of grids and Geotextiles. The main purpose of reinforcing a soil mass is to improve its stability, increasing its bearing capacity and reduce Settlements and Lateral deformations. Geotextiles and geomembranes, widely speaking are synthetic fibres used to stabilize structures built on soil having poor conditions. Lots of ground improvement techniques are available in today’s market. Such as vibro compaction, vibro replacement, ground freezing, grouted stone columns, dry deep soil mixing, vacuum consolidation, preloading, heating etc. Among them geocell reinforcement is recently developed technique. The aim of this study is to increase bearing capacity of soil in railway embankment by ground improvement technique named as "geocell".