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ABSTRACT: One of the common methods for soil improvement in order to increase the bearing capacity of shallow
foundations is reinforcing the soil using geosynthetics. In this paper, the bearing capacity of ring footings on clay
reinforced with geogrid has been studied. Laboratory and numerical investigation using the finite element computer
code, Plaxis have been performed. The effects of different factors such as the distance to the first layer of reinforcement,
vertical distances between layers, and the number of reinforcing layers, the optimum depth of the reinforcement and the
stiffness of the reinforcements on the increase of the bearing capacity ratio, of circular and ring foundation have been
examined.
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Graduate Student, Civil Engineering Dept., Shiraz University, Shiraz, IRAN. Email:hajianib@shirazu.ac.ir
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Professor, Civil Engineering Dept., Shiraz University, Shiraz, IRAN. Email:nhataf@shirazu.ac.ir
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Fig. 1 The grain-size distribution curve of the tested clay Rl-1-2 5 ----
Rl-1-3 10 ----
Table 1 Engineering properties of clays used in model tests Rl-1-4 30 ----
Rl-2-1 3.5 4
Parameter Clay Rl-2-2 3.5 5
Rl-3-1 3.5 4
Maximum densitykN/m3 16 kN/m3
Rl-3-2 3.5 5
Undrained cohesionkN/m2 4.5(kN/m2) Rl-4-1 3.5 4
Internal friction angle 26 o
Rl-4-2 3.5 5