

Author: Bathurst Richard J Blatz James A Burger Martin H
Publisher: NRC Research Press
ISSN: 1208-6010
Source: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol.40, Iss.6, 2003-12, pp. : 1067-1083
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Abstract
The paper describes an experimental investigation in which two large-scale geosynthetic reinforced soil embankments and one unreinforced soil embankment were taken to collapse under a strip footing placed close to the crest. One reinforced embankment was constructed with a relatively extensible and weak polypropylene geogrid and the second with a relatively strong and stiff high-density polyethylene geogrid. The geometry of the unfaced embankments, sand soil, and loading arrangement were the same for all three structures. The focus of the paper is on the experimental design, construction, testing, and instrumentation techniques used in the investigation and selected test results. The results of the study show that the ultimate footing load capacity increased with an increase in reinforcement strength (and stiffness) and that the reinforced soil embankments had a load capacity up to 1.6–2.0 times that of the nominal identical control embankment without reinforcement.
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