Prediction of Square Footing Settlement under Eccentric Loading on Gypseous Soil through Proposed Surface for Dry and Soaked States

S. Z.  Albusoda, Bushra; E, Abdul-Kareem; S.Hussein, R.

doi:10.30684/etj.2013.83797

	Prediction of Square Footing Settlement under Eccentric Loading on Gypseous Soil through Proposed Surface for Dry and Soaked States
Engineering and Technology Journal
Article 1, Volume 31, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3670-3690 PDF (1.47 M)
DOI: 10.30684/etj.2013.83797
Authors
Bushra S. Z. Albusoda; Abdul-Kareem E; R. S.Hussein
Abstract
Gypseous soils as any other soils deform under loading, this deformation differs greatly between its dry state and its soaked state. This deformation also differs when the loading is applied with eccentricity. An experimental work was conducted on a square footing model (100 mm  100 mm) above gypseous soil 450 mm thick. Loading was applied at the center of the footing (e/B = 0) and at an eccentricity of (e/B = 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2) for its dry state and its soaked state. Settlement was obtained at the center and at the base soil of the footing for each state. The data obtained was normalized and a proposed surface was obtained for each of the two states (dry and soaked) and at two places (center and edge). Four proposed equations were obtained represented four cases of research i) Dry center, ii) Dry edge, iii) Soaked center, and iv) Soaked edge. The four equations showed very good agreement with the data obtained from the experiment. Artificial Neural Network model was also used to obtain a neural network representing the proposed surface for the abovementioned four cases and also a very good agreement was obtained. It is concluded that a proposed surface for the central and eccentric loading on square footing for gypseous soil showed a good agreement with the experimental data and therefore may be used for settlement prediction.
Keywords
Gypseous Soil; Settlement Prediction; Square Footing; artificial neural network

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