Load Bearing Capacity of Cohesive-Frictional Soils Reinforced with Full-Wraparound Geotextiles: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

This research investigated the effects of types cohesive-frictional soil and geotextile reinforcement configurations on bearing capacity reinforced foundation (RSF) structures, via laboratory test numerical simulation. The four studied for RSF included: (i) horizontal planar form geotextile, (ii) full-wraparound ends (iii) with filled-in sand, (iv) sand backfill. soils were mixtures fine sodium bentonite at replacement ratios 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100% by dry weight to have various values plasticity index (PI). analysis structures was performed using PLAXIS 2D software. Several factors studied, which embedment depth top layer (U), width (W), spacing between layers (H). Number (N) varied determine optimum parameters U/B, W/B, H/B, N, where B is footing width. most effective improvement technique found full wraparound outcome this will provide a preliminary guideline in design structure different ground other geosynthetic types.