Ultimate loads for eccentrically loaded model shallow strip footings on geotextile-reinforced sand


ŞADOĞLU E., CÜRE E., Moroglu B., Uzuner B. A.

GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES, cilt.27, sa.3, ss.176-182, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2008.11.002
  • Dergi Adı: GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.176-182
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Eccentricity, Reinforced sand, Shallow strip footing, Effective width concept, Customary analysis, Bearing capacity, BEARING-CAPACITY, POND ASH, FOUNDATION, BEHAVIOR, SLOPE
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A series of tests were carried out with an eccentrically loaded model surface shallow strip footing on reinforced dense sand to investigate the decrease of the ultimate loads with increasing eccentricity and to compare the experimental results with commonly used approaches such as Meyerhof's effective width concept and the customary analysis. An experimental system was produced and used to run the tests. The experimental system consists of a tank, model footing, sand, loading mechanism, etc. A single woven geotextile sheet was placed horizontally below the footing's base at a depth of half of the footing's width. Geotextile reinforcement increased ultimate loads when compared to the unreinforced cases. This contribution decreases with increasing eccentricity. The measured decreases in ultimate loads with increasing eccentricities in the unreinforced tests within the core (kern, middle third) are in good agreement with Meyerhof's approach, while customary analysis is a little on the conservative side. Outside the core, Meyerhof's approach is on the conservative side in this case. Decreasing ultimate loads with increasing eccentricity for the reinforced tests cases were in general agreement with customary analysis, although they are slightly greater.