A STUDY OF SETTLEMENT RESPONSE OF A GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED COMPRESSIBLE GRANULAR FILL-SOFT SOIL SYSTEM

The compressibility of granular fill in a geosynthetic-reinforced granular fill - soft soil system has been disregarded in most of the studies carried out so far. It is appropriate to consider this aspect in situations where the system is used as a foundation for structures which need accurate settlement predictions. In this paper, a foundation model is proposed to incorporate the compressibility of the granular fill by attaching a layer of Winkler springs to the Pasternak shear layer. The parametric studies carried out reveal that the consideration of the compressibility of the granular fill results in a significant increase in the settlement of the reinforced foundation soil. (A)

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• Authors:
  • SHUKLA, SANJAY KUMAR
  • CHANDRA, SARVESH
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 627-39
• Serial:
  • Geotextiles and Geomembranes
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0266-1144

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Foundations; Geotextiles; Granular materials; Ground settlement; Mathematical models; Mechanically stabilized earth
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00671236
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 24 1995 12:00AM