EXPERIMENTAL AND FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS ON BEARING CAPACITY OF GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SAND

Geosynthetic materials are being increasingly used in geotechnical engineering activities. One of the major areas of application is for improvement of bearing capacity of geosynthetic reinforced sand. The present study aims at investigating the effect of depth of placement on the bearing capacity ratio (BCR). Experimental and finite element method (FEM) approaches have been adopted. A close agreement is found between the two approaches. A depth of placement/width of foundation ratio of 0.25 is found to be the optimum depth of placement. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • MANDAL, J N
  • Mhaiskar, S Y
  • Marjunath, V R
• Publication Date: 1991-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 63-68
• Serial:
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0950-0618
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09500618?sdc=1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Finite element method; Reinforcement (Engineering); Sand
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 3085: Bearing capacity; 6490: Finite element method; 4568: Geotextile; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 4105: Sand
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00619923
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1992 12:00AM