STABILITY OF LOADED FOOTINGS ON REINFORCED SAND. REINFORCED SOIL AND GEOTEXTILES, PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOTEXTILES CONFERENCE HELD AT THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOMBAY, INDIA, DECEMBER 8-9, 1988

The present investigation was undertaken to study the behaviour of reinforced earth in improving the bearing capacity and settlement resistance under square and strip footings. Locally available river sand was used along with aluminum foil strips as reinforcing material. The tests were conducted at a density of 1500 kg/cu m. The parameters selected were depth of the top layer of reinforcement below the footing and the number of layers of reinforcement. Relationships between pressure and settlement have been presented to determine the influence of the above parameters on the bearing capacity and settlement. A comparison has been presented between the theoretical and experimental values of the bearing capacity ratios for the strip footing. It has been concluded that by a suitable arrangement of the reinforcing strips, the bearing capacity and settlement resistance of sand could be improved up to 3 times that of the unreinforced sand. For covering abstract of the conference, see IRRD 836241. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ministry of Communications, Republic of China

  Highway Research Institute, 12 Bei Huan Xi Lu
  Beijing,   China  100088

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Sreekantiah, H R
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. C3-8
• Serial:
  • Publication of: CROW
  • Publisher: CROW

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Bearing capacity; Depth; Foil; Footings; Foundations; Mechanically stabilized earth; Pavement layers; Pressure; Sand; Settlement (Structures); Stability (Mechanics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Aluminum foil; Foundations (Structures)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00617264
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 90-6191-938-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1991 12:00AM