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Small Scale Experiments to Assess the Bearing Capacity of Footings on the Sloped Surface

Islam, Mohammad Nurul (2020) Small Scale Experiments to Assess the Bearing Capacity of Footings on the Sloped Surface. Eng, 1 (2). pp. 240-248. ISSN 2673-4117

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Construction of civil engineering structures on or next to a slope requires special attention to meet the bearing capacity requirements of soils. In this paper, to address such a challenge, we present laboratory-scale model tests to investigate the effect of footing shape on the sloped surface. The model comprised of a well stiffened mild steel box with three sides fixed and one side open. We considered both with and without reinforcement to assess the effectiveness of reinforcement on the sloped surface. Also, we used three types of footing (i.e., square, rectangular, and circular) to measure the footing shape effects. We considered three different slope angles to evaluate the impact of the sloped face corresponding to the applied load and the reinforcement application. We obtained that the maximum load carrying capacity in the square footing was higher than the rectangular and the circular footing for both the reinforced and the unreinforced soil. With the increase of geo-reinforcement in all three footing shapes and three sloped angles, the load carrying capacity increased. We also noticed a limiting condition in geo-reinforcement placement effectiveness. And we found that with the increase of slope, the load bearing capacity decreased. For a steep slope, the geo-reinforcement placement and the footing shape selection is crucial in achieving the external load sustainability, which we addressed herein.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Islam, Mohammad Nurul0000-0002-1798-1162
Date: 20 November 2020
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: Eng
Volume: 1
Number: 2
Publisher: MDPI AG
Page Range: pp. 240-248
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.3390/eng1020016
Schools and Programs: Swanson School of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: bearing capacity; slope angle; geo-reinforcement; footing shape; model tests
ISSN: 2673-4117
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/eng1020016
Article Type: Research Article
Date Deposited: 14 Dec 2021 14:20
Last Modified: 14 Dec 2021 14:20
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/41979

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