Behavior of Strip Footing Resting on Sand Reinforced with Waste Tire Strips

Arvind Kumar Agnihotri, Jitendra Singh Yadav*, Surinder Pal, Ankit Garg

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of pressure settlement behavior of strip footing resting on poorly graded sand reinforced with tire strips in layers to improve the bearing capacity. The tire strips of length 3B, 4B and 5B (B = width of footing) and 70 mm width were used. The tire strips were placed at 0.4B, 0.6B, and 0.8B from the base of the footing. The tests were carried at 14, 14.2, and 14.3 kN/m3 dry unit weight of sand. From this investigation, it was observed that the bearing capacity of reinforced soil increases with the increase in length of reinforcement, depth of reinforcement, and dry unit weight of sand. With increase in the depth of reinforcement layer, length of reinforcement and number of layer significant reduction in the settlement of sand was observed. It was observed that the settlement reduction effect was higher at higher unit weights.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019 - IGC-2019 Volume IV
EditorsSatyajit Patel, C. H. Solanki, Krishna R. Reddy, Sanjay Kumar Shukla
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages875-884
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789813365636
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventIndian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2019 - Surat, India
Duration: 19 Dec 201921 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume138
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

ConferenceIndian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2019
Country/TerritoryIndia
CitySurat
Period19/12/1921/12/19

Keywords

  • Bearing capacity
  • Sand
  • Strip footing
  • Waste rubber tire strips

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