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Influence of Geogrid-Axial Stiffness on Bearing Capacity of Geogrid-Reinforced Fine Sand

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Geosynthetics are man-made materials used to increase the tension, compression, and shear characteristics of soil. Geogrid-reinforced material is regarded as one of the most widely used soil reinforcements. The Abaqus software (Ver. 2017) is used to simulate a 3-D fine sand model. The load-carrying capacity is investigated for both unreinforced and geogrid-reinforced fine sand supporting a 2.0m x 2.0m square footing. The relative density (Dr) of un-reinforced fine sand is 40%, the geogrid axial stiffness (J) used in the analysis varies at 250 kN/m, 500 kN/m and 1000 kN/m. The bearing capacity ratio (BCR) of geogrid-reinforced fine sand is influenced by the use of geogrid-layers with different axial stiffnesses (J). The influence of geogrid axial stiffness is evaluated using four investigated parameters: geogrid-layers number (N), vertical spacing (h/B), geogrid width/length (b/B), and first geogrid-layer depth (u/B). The results show that the numerical model validation agrees with the experimental results of Hotti and Gupta with an agreement ratio of 98% and 93%, respectively. The geogrid-reinforced fine sand with appropriate dimensions and proper geogrid-layers number has significantly increased the square footing bearing capacity. The load-bearing capacity of geogrid-reinforced fine sand increases with geogrid axial stiffness. The bearing capacity ratio is 1.45 and 2.13 when the geogrid axial stiffness increases from 250 kN/m to 500 kN/m and from 250 kN/m to 1000 kN/m, respectively. The most efficient and economical values of (u/B), (b/B), (h/B) and (N) are 0.30, 3.0, 0.15 and 3.0 for all values of geogrid axial stiffness, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/pserj.2024.253870.1298

Keywords

Bearing capacity, Square footing, Geogrid Axial Stiffness and Geogrid-reinforced Fine

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Essam

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BADRAWI ATTIA

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Zagazig University

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e.f.b.attia@gmail.com

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28

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2

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48838

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2024-06-01

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2023-12-13

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2024-06-01

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41

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49

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1110-6603

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2536-9377

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813

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Port-Said Engineering Research Journal

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Influence of Geogrid-Axial Stiffness on Bearing Capacity of Geogrid-Reinforced Fine Sand

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24 Dec 2024