Comparison of bearing capacity of a strip footing on sand with geocell and with planar forms of geotextile reinforcement

Mitigating the bridge end bump problem: A case study of a new approach slab system with geosynthetic reinforced soil foundation

“…Meanwhile, extensive experimental studies, including smallscale laboratory model tests and large-scale field tests, were conducted on geosynthetic reinforced soils by the authors in several research studies (Chen, 2007;Chen et al, 2007Chen et al, , 2009Sharma et al, 2009;Abu-Farsakh et al, 2007, 2008Chen and Abu-Farsakh, 2015) and also by other researchers around the world (e.g., Binquet and Lee, 1975;Huang and Tatsuoka, 1990;Adams and Collin, 1997;Tafreshi and Dawson, 2010;Bai et al, 2013;Demir et al, 2013;Chakraborty andKumar 2014, Miao et al, 2014;Naeini and Gholampoor, 2015). The influences of different variables and parameters contributing to the improved performance of reinforced soil foundation (RSF) were examined in these tests.…”

Spread Foundation Behaviors in Reinforced Aeolian Sand under a Combination of Uplift and Lateral Loadings

“…Even so, with the loads increasing on transmission tower structures, the corresponding footing dimensions would still be very large. As found in tests and practices (Hufenus et al 2006, Mostafa and Sawwaf 2007, Tafreshi and Dawson, 2010, Subbarao et al 1988, Krishnaswamy and Parashar 1991, 1994, Ilamparuthi and Dickin 2001, the use of geosynthetic materials could be secondly an alternative to improve the uplift and lateral bearing capacity of Aeolian sand, providing a significant reduction in footing width and/or depth in case of very high loads.…”

“…According to the understandings on the performance of uplift capacity by using the geosynthetic materials, several authors (Latha andMurthy 2007, Tafreshi andDawson 2010 ) have proposed that the geocell is a superior form of reinforcement than the planar one. However, the planar layer is commonly used as the reinforcement in practice because it is much easiear to construct than the geocell.…”

Subgrade strengthening of roads and railroads as planar geotextile reinforcement

“…The use of geosynthetic materials and geotextile in round constructions increases the stability and durability and stability, especially road infrastructure construction [1]. Different types of geotextile expose the different properties, whose effective use in the construction of roads is the subject of specific research programs [2,3]. Commonly known and used are properties of filtration and separation geotextiles.…”