Abstract: The bearing capacity of foundations constructed on unsaturated soils depends on the soil saturation degree and thus the soil suction. This paper presents a simple limit equilibrium approach to compute the foundation bearing ...

Abstract: This paper numerically examines the effect of foundation shape on the subgrade reaction coefficient. The distribution of the subgrade reaction coefficient on the foundation area and the values of this coefficient in different ...

Abstract: This paper presents the usefulness of optimizing the size of waste tire shreds on shear strength parameters of sand reinforced with shredded waste tires. A relatively, uniform sand has been mixed with randomly distributed ...

Abstract: This paper numerically examines the bearing capacity, settlement, and failure kinematics of two closely spaced circular footings on reinforced soil. A number of large-scale tests are performed to identify the influence of ...

Abstract: Given the three-dimensional confinement, the geocell reinforcement can act as a beam that can carry both bending and membrane stresses compared with only the planar membrane effect of planar reinforcement. This study ...

Abstract: The pressure-settlement response and failure mechanism behavior of two interacting rigid rough identical footings resting on geocell-reinforced sand is investigated using finite-difference software, FLAC3D. The geocell is ...

Abstract: The soil stratum is heterogeneous and may be tilted with significant influence on the footing bearing capacity (BC). In this paper, a combination of influence of the anisotropy orientation and thickness of soil layer and ...