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Geomechanics and Engineering Volume 32, Number 6, March25 2023 , pages 653-671 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2023.32.6.653 |
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Failure pattern of twin strip footings on geo-reinforced sand: Experimental and numerical study |
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Mahmoud Ghazavi, Marzieh Norouzi and Pezhman Fazeli Dehkordi
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| Abstract | ||
| In practice, the interference influence caused by adjacent footings of structures on geo-reinforced loose soil has a considerable impact on their behavior. Thus, the goal of this study is to evaluate the behavior of two strip footings in close proximity on both geocell and geogrid reinforced soil with different reinforcement layers. Geocell was made from geogrid material used to compare the performance of cellular and planar reinforcement on the bearing pressure of twin footings. Extensive experimental tests have been performed to attain the optimum embedment depth and vertical distance between reinforcement layers. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) analysis has been conducted to monitor the deformation, tilting and movement of soil particles beneath and between twin footings. Results of tests and PIV technique were verified using finite element modeling (FEM) and the results of both PIV and FEM were used to utilize failure mechanisms and influenced shear strain around the loading region. The results show that the performance of twin footings on geocell-reinforced sand at allowable and ultimate settlement ranges are almost 4% and 25% greater than the same twin footings on the same geogrid-reinforced sand, respectively. By increasing the distance between twin footings, soil particle displacements become smaller than the settlement of the foundations. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| bearing pressure; failure mechanism; finite element modeling; geosynthetics; interfering strip footings; particle image velocimetry (PIV) | ||
| Address | ||
| Mahmoud Ghazavi and Marzieh Norouzi: Faculty of Civil Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 19967-15433, Iran Pezhman Fazeli Dehkordi: Department of Civil Engineering, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord 88137-33395, Iran | ||