AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A FOOTING LOCATED ON A SLOPED FILL: INFLUENCE OF A SOIL REINFORCEMENT LAYER

This paper summarizes the results of a series of experimental investigations conducted to determine the manner in which the performance of a footing located at the crest of a sloped fill can be influenced by the presence of a reinforcing layer within the body of the fill. The results of these investigations indicate that both the load-settlement behaviour and the ultimate capacity of the footing can be enhanced by the presence of the reinforcing layer and that such efficiencies are derived for specific depths of embedment of the reinforcing layer.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Research Council of Canada

  Research Journals
  Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Selvadurai, APS
  • Gnanendran, C T
• Publication Date: 1989-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 467-473
• Serial:
  • CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: National Research Council of Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchoring; Bearing capacity; Depth; Fills; Footings; Geogrids; Geotextiles; Loads; Mechanically stabilized earth; Settlement (Structures); Slopes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Embedment; Model tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Load settlement
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488247
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM