AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF GEOTEXTILES TO BEARING CAPACITY OF FOOTINGS ON WEAK CLAYS ---PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EARTH REINFORCEMENT, FUKUOKA, KYUSHU, JAPAN, 5-7 OCTOBER 1988

The effects of geotextile as a reinforcement material were studied using laboratory model tests of a strip footing on weak clays. The geotextile effects on bearing capacity and deformation of soil foundation were investigated in view of the distance of footing from geotextile layer and the footing embedment ratio. Tests were carried out under partially drainage condition in order to investigate closely bearing capacity, settlement and sliding length of geotextiles. The experiments showed that the contribution of geotextile to the increase in bearing capacity increases as the distance of footing from geotextile layer reduces, as the embedment depth of footing increases, and as the settlement of footing increases. It has been also found that the ratio of sand layer depth to footing width, h/b, which gives the greatest geotextile effects falls between 0.5 and 1.0. For the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 818063.

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  AA Balkema

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• Authors:
  • Kim, S I
  • CHO, S D
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 215-20
• Serial:
  • Publication of: AA BALKEMA
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Clay; Conferences; Deformation; Foundations; Geotextiles; Ground settlement; Mat foundations; Material reinforcement; Mechanically stabilized earth; Reinforcing materials; Scale models; Soil stabilization; Structural models
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487001
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 90-6191-820-0
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM