<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents the results obtained from an experimental programme and numerical investigations conducted on model tests of strip footing resting on reinforced and unreinforced sand slopes. The study focused on the determination of ultimate bearing capacity of strip footing subjected to eccentric load located either towards or opposite to the slope facing. Strip footing models were tested under different eccentricities of vertical load. The obtained results from tests conducted on unreinforced sand slope showed that the increase in eccentricity of applied load towards the slope facing decreases the ultimate bearing capacity of footing. Predictions of the ultimate bearing capacity obtained by the effective width rule are in good agreement with those proposed from the consideration of total width of footing subjected to eccentric load. The ultimate bearing capacity of an eccentrically loaded footing on a reinforced sand slope can be derived from that of axially loaded footing resting on horizontal sand ground when adopting the effective width rule and the coefficient of reduction due to the slope. When increasing the distance between the footing border to the slope crest, for unreinforced and reinforced ground slope by geogrids, the ultimate bearing capacity of footing is no more affected by the slope ground.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the results obtained from an experimental programme and numerical investigations conducted on model tests of strip footing resting on reinforced and unreinforced sand slopes. The study focused on the determination of ultimate bearing capacity of strip footing subjected to eccentric load located either towards or opposite to the slope facing. Strip footing models were tested under different eccentricities of vertical load. The obtained results from tests conducted on unreinforced sand slope showed that the increase in eccentricity of applied load towards the slope facing decreases the ultimate bearing capacity of footing. Predictions of the ultimate bearing capacity obtained by the effective width rule are in good agreement with those proposed from the consideration of total width of footing subjected to eccentric load. The ultimate bearing capacity of an eccentrically loaded footing on a reinforced sand slope can be derived from that of axially loaded footing resting on horizontal sand ground when adopting the effective width rule and the coefficient of reduction due to the slope. When increasing the distance between the footing border to the slope crest, for unreinforced and reinforced ground slope by geogrids, the ultimate bearing capacity of footing is no more affected by the slope ground.

Effective Width Rule in the Analysis of Footing on Reinforced Sand Slope

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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This paper presents the results obtained from an experimental programme and numerical investigations conducted on model tests of strip footing resting on...

Effective Width Rule in the Analysis of Footing on Reinforced Sand Slope

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 08, 2019

Page range: 42 - 55

Received: Sep 25, 2018

Accepted: Jan 28, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0005

Keywords
bearing capacity, eccentricity, footing, geogrid, model test, slope

© 2019 Abdelmadjid Abdi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Effective Width Rule in the Analysis of Footing on Reinforced Sand Slope

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 08, 2019

Page range: 42 - 55

Received: Sep 25, 2018

Accepted: Jan 28, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0005

Keywordsbearing capacity, eccentricity, footing, geogrid, model test, slope

© 2019 Abdelmadjid Abdi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
bearing capacity, eccentricity, footing, geogrid, model test, slope