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Influence of the number of reinforcement layers on the bearing capacity of strip foundation resting on sandy soil | ||
| Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences | ||
| Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2020, Pages 301-305 PDF (659.99 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.30772/qjes.v13i4.689 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Noor Ali Fakher1; Mohammed Kadhim Fakhruldin2 | ||
| 1Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa | ||
| 2Civil Eng. Depart., Faculty of Eng., University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Reinforced soil technology is considered one of the most important methods of soil improvement due to its simplicity, easy implementation and saving cost. One of the known soil reinforcement methods is using geogrids to improve the bearing capacity of the soil and reduce the settlement of the soil beneath foundation. In this study, a strip foundation made of a rigid stainless steel with dimensions of 490 mm length, 135 mm width, and 40 mm thickness and reinforced with geogrid (called Tensar SS2) was tested in a laboratory model to investigate the effect of the number of reinforcement layers on the bearing capacity and settlement. The soil was reinforced with one, two, three, and four layers of geogrid (Tensar SS2). The obtained results showed that the reinforcement using geogrid system significantly improved the bearing capacity while reducing the settlement under the strip foundation compared with unreinforced soil. The test result also showed a good improvement in the bearing capacity when the number of reinforcement layers increased from one to four layers. The bearing capacity of the foundation increased when the soil reinforced by four layers of geogrid to about 2.5 times compared with the case of one layer of geogrid. In addition, the maximum settlement decreased to about 2.0 times compared with the case of one layer of geogrid. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Bearing capacity; Settlement; Geogrid | ||
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