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By using small scale model tests, the interference effect on the vertical load-deformation behavior of a number of equally
spaced strip footings, placed on the surface of dry sand, was investigated. At any stage, all the footings were assumed to
(i) carry exactly equal magnitude of load, and (ii) settle to the same extent. No tilt of the footing was permitted. The effect
of clear spacing (s) among footings on the results was explored. A new experimental setup was proposed in which only one footing
needs to be employed rather than a number of footings. The bearing capacity increases continuously with decrease in spacing
among the footings. The interference effect becomes further prominent with increase in soil friction angle. In contrast to
an increase in the bearing capacity, with decrease in spacing of footings, an increase in the footing settlement associated
with the ultimate state of shear failure was observed. The present experimental observations were similar to those predicted
by the available theory, based on the method of characteristics. As compared to the theory, the present experimental data,
however, indicates much greater effect of interference especially for larger spacing among footings. 相似文献
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Sitharam G. Thallak Sireesh Saride Sujit Kumar Dash 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2007,25(5):509-524
This paper presents the results of laboratory model tests carried out to develop an understanding of the behaviour of geocell-reinforced
soft clay foundations under circular loading. Natural silty clay was used in this study. The geocells were prepared using
biaxial polymer grid. The performance of the reinforced bed is quantified using non-dimensional factors i.e., Bearing capacity
improvement factor (If) and Percentage reduction in footing settlement (PRS). The test results demonstrate that the geocell mattress redistributes
the footing load over a wider area thereby improving the performance of the footing. The load carrying capacity of the clay
bed is increased by a factor of up to about 4.5 times that of unreinforced bed. From the pressure-settlement responses, it
is observed that the geocell-reinforced foundation bed behaves as a much stiffer system compared to the unreinforced case
indicating that a substantial reduction in footing settlement can be achieved by providing geocell reinforcement in the soft
clay bed. The maximum reduction in footing settlement obtained with the provision of geocell mattress of optimum size placed
close to the footing is around 90%. Further improvement in performance is obtained with provision of an additional planar
geogrid layer at the base of the geocell mattress. 相似文献
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The ultimate uplift resistance of a group of multiple strip anchors placed in sand and subjected to equal magnitudes of vertical
upward pullout loads has been determined by means of model experiments. Instead of using a number of anchor plates in the
experiments, a single anchor plate was used by simulating the boundary conditions along the planes of symmetry on both the
sides of the anchor plate. The effect of clear spacing (s) between the anchors, for different combinations of embedment ratio (λ) of anchors and friction angle (ϕ) of soil mass, was examined in detail. The results were presented in terms of a non-dimensional efficiency factor (ξγ), which was defined as the ratio of the failure load for an intervening strip anchor of a given width (B) to that of a single strip anchor plate having the same width. It was clearly noted that the magnitude of ξγ reduces quite extensively with a decrease in the spacing between the anchors. The magnitude of ξγ for a given s/B was found to vary only marginally with respect to changes in λ and ϕ. The experimental results presented in this study compare reasonably well with the theoretical and experimental data available
in literature. 相似文献
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The paper focuses on the behaviour of a model strip footing, resting on a saturated dense sandy soil, subjected to centred
or eccentric vertical loading. Experimental tests, carried out on a small-scale physical model, are able to reproduce effective
stress levels equivalent to those prevailing in prototype problems, thanks to the maintenance of a downward steady-state seepage
in the soil. The test program consists of three series of tests, each corresponding to an imposed value of hydraulic gradient,
and each involving five load eccentricities; one series, in particular, is carried out with still water. Relevant points of
load–settlement curves are related to the evolution of soil-footing collapse mechanism, evidenced by the distortion of some
vertical coloured sand strips. The collapse mechanism is formed either by one or two sliding surfaces, depending on both load
eccentricities and hydraulic gradient values. Significant differences are shown to occur between centred and eccentric loading
footing response. Shear strength parameters obtained from back-analyses carried out on load values recorded at the appearance
of each sliding surface on the free soil surface, in both hypotheses of associated and non-associated flow rule validity,
are adopted to draw, for each test, a theoretical collapse mechanism consisting, in plane strain, of a log-spiral line with
adjacent-end tangents; the obtained theoretical sliding surfaces, in turn, are compared to the experimental ones, showing
that these latter are either stress characteristic or zero-extension lines depending mainly on cumulative footing displacements
and current effective stress level in the soil. 相似文献