American Society of Civil Engineers


Finite Element Simulation of Strip Footings Resting on Double Faced Wrap-Around Reinforced Soil Walls


by Anubhav, (Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India E-mail: anubhavs@iitk.ac.in) and P. K. Basudhar, A.M.ASCE, (Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India E-mail: pkbd@iitk.ac.in)
Section: Geotechnical Engineering Construction Problems, pp. 2291-2300, (doi:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41095(365)232)

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Document type: Conference Proceeding Paper
Part of: GeoFlorida 2010: Advances in Analysis, Modeling & Design
Abstract: The paper pertains to the behavior of small-scale model studies on strip footings subjected to vertical loading resting on the surface of a wrap around reinforced vertical soil walls with sand backfill. Finite element analysis (using Plaxis 2D version 8 software) of the soil wall was also made to find its response and the predicted values were then compared with experimentally observed values. Effect of the number of reinforcement layers on the overall response was studied. Comparison of the predicted horizontal displacement of the vertical wall face and bearing capacity of the footing resting on the same showed reasonable agreement with the experimental data.


ASCE Subject Headings:
Finite element method
Footings
Walls
Soil structures