Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
12 Mar 1991, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
This paper presents the results of laboratory scale model footing tests which were conducted for determining the cyclic load resistance of sand subgrades reinforced with semi-flexible vertical elements. The tests were conducted in a sandbox having a length of 91.5 cm, width 15.25 cm, and height of 61.0 cm. Steel bars 1. 58 mm in diameter were used as reinforcing elements. Tests were also conducted by using rough reinforcing elements. The test results indicate that the value of coefficient of elastic uniform compression of the footing on sand increases with the provision of vertical reinforcement in the sand subgrade. Rough Reinforcing elements were found to be more effective in improving the value of Cu as compared to plain reinforcing elements. The improvement in the value of Cu as a result of provision of vertical reinforcement was observed to depend on initial relative density of sand and, also on parameters such as the length, extent and spacing of reinforcing elements.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1991 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Puri, Vijay K.; Chae, James A.; and Das, Braja M., "Cyclic Load Resistance of Vertically Reinforced Sand Subgrades" (1991). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 8.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/02icrageesd/session01/8
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Cyclic Load Resistance of Vertically Reinforced Sand Subgrades
St. Louis, Missouri
This paper presents the results of laboratory scale model footing tests which were conducted for determining the cyclic load resistance of sand subgrades reinforced with semi-flexible vertical elements. The tests were conducted in a sandbox having a length of 91.5 cm, width 15.25 cm, and height of 61.0 cm. Steel bars 1. 58 mm in diameter were used as reinforcing elements. Tests were also conducted by using rough reinforcing elements. The test results indicate that the value of coefficient of elastic uniform compression of the footing on sand increases with the provision of vertical reinforcement in the sand subgrade. Rough Reinforcing elements were found to be more effective in improving the value of Cu as compared to plain reinforcing elements. The improvement in the value of Cu as a result of provision of vertical reinforcement was observed to depend on initial relative density of sand and, also on parameters such as the length, extent and spacing of reinforcing elements.
