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Geomechanics and Engineering
  Volume 13, Number 4, October 2017 , pages 641-651
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2017.13.4.641
 


Square footing on geocell reinforced cohesionless soils
Sefali Biswas and Satyendra Mittal

 
Abstract
    Ground improvement with use of geosynthetic products is globally accepted now. The present paper discusses the improvement in bearing capacity of square footing placed at surface of cohesionless soil reinforced with geocell. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion has been used in the observations. To study effects of geocell with respect to planar geogrid, model tests were conducted on planar reinforcement also. A comparative study of unreinforced soil and soil reinforced with plane geogrid and geocell has also been made. Numerical analysis results obtained by PLaxis have been compared with those obtained from model tests and were found to be in good agreement. A parametric study revealed the role of length of reinforcement, spacing between layers, placement of reinforcement from top surface etc. on bearing capacity. A design example given in paper illustrates the savings in cost of construction of footing on reinforced sand. The study shows that there is improvement in bearing capacity with respect to unreinforced soil which is of the order of 86%. Similarly settlement reduction is 13.07% for single layer of geocell which for double layers of geocell is 693% and 86.48% respectively. The cost reduction in case of reinforced soil is 35% as compared to unreinforced soil.
 
Key Words
    settlement reduction; geocell; cohesionless soil; bearing capacity improvement; economical design
 
Address
Sefali Biswas and Satyendra Mittal: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247667, India
 

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