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Item Effects of prestressing the reinforcement on the behavior of reinforced granular beds overlying weak soil(Elsevier Ltd, 2014) Shivashankar, R.; Jayamohan, J.The effects of prestressing the reinforcement on the strength improvement and settlement reduction of a reinforced granular bed overlying weak soil are being investigated through a series of laboratory scale bearing capacity tests. The influences of parameters such as strength of underlying weak soil, thickness of granular bed, magnitude of prestressing force, direction of prestressing forces and number of layers of reinforcement are being examined. Finite element analyses are carried out using the FE program PLAXIS to study the effect of prestressing the reinforcement. Results obtained from finite element analyses are found to be in reasonably good agreement with the experimental results. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.Item 3D soil–structure interaction analyses of annular raft foundation of tall RC chimneys under wind load(Springer, 2014) Jisha, S.V.; Jayalekshmi, B.R.; Shivashankar, R.Three dimensional soil–structure interaction (SSI) analyses of tall reinforced concrete chimneys with annular raft foundation subjected to wind loads are presented in this paper. Different ranges of height and slenderness ratios of the chimneys and different ratios of external diameter to thickness of the annular raft were selected for the parametric study. To understand the significance of SSI, four types of soils were considered based on the stiffness. The chimneys were assumed to be located in terrain category two and subjected to a maximum wind speed of 50 m/s as per IS:875 (Part 3)-1987. The alongwind and across-wind loads were computed according to IS:4998 (Part 1)-1992. The linear elastic behavior was assumed for the integrated chimney-foundation-soil system and it was analysed using finite element software ANSYS based on direct method of SSI. The radial and tangential moments and settlement of annular raft foundation were evaluated through SSI analysis and compared with that obtained from conventional method of analysis as per IS:11089-1984, assuming foundation system is rigid. From the analysis, it is concluded that the SSI analysis results in higher radial moments and lesser tangential moments as compared to conventional method. All these variations depend on the geometric properties of chimney and annular raft foundations. © Indian Geotechnical Society 2013.Item Analysis of Foundation of Tall R/C Chimney Incorporating Flexibility of Soil(Springer India sanjiv.goswami@springer.co.in, 2017) Jayalekshmi, B.R.; Jisha, S.V.; Shivashankar, R.Three dimensional Finite Element (FE) analysis was carried out for 100 and 400 m high R/C chimneys having piled annular raft and annular raft foundations considering the flexibility of soil subjected to across-wind load. Stiffness of supporting soil and foundation were varied to evaluate the significance of Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI). The integrated chimney-foundation-soil system was analysed by finite element software ANSYS based on direct method of SSI assuming linear elastic material behaviour. FE analyses were carried out for two cases of SSI namely, (1) chimney with annular raft foundation and (2) chimney with piled annular raft foundation. The responses in raft such as bending moments and settlements were evaluated for both the cases and compared to those obtained from the conventional method of analysis of annular raft foundation. It is found that the responses in raft vary considerably depending on the stiffness of the underlying soil and the stiffness of foundation. Piled raft foundations are better suited for tall chimneys to be constructed in loose or medium sand. © 2017, The Institution of Engineers (India).Item Study on Behaviour of Two Adjacent Strip Footings on Granular Bed Overlying Clay with a Void(Springer, 2020) Anaswara, S.; Shivashankar, R.This paper numerically examines the behaviour of two adjacent strip footings on granular bed over weak soil having a void. Voids could be formed in weak soil strata due to various reasons such as due to water leakage from the water supplying lines or sewer lines, poor drainage and erosion of soil, animal burrows, etc. A parametric study is carried out to understand the influence of granular bed thickness, width of footings, spacing between the footings, and the presence of a void beneath the footing in the weak soil, on the behaviour of footings. To understand the failure mechanism, shear strain contours, for different cases, are being studied. It is observed that there is a certain critical spacing between the two adjacent footings at which the footing/s carry the maximum load. This critical spacing depends on the type of loading, whether equal and simultaneous loading or unequal and sequential loading. The presence of voids also affects the performance of footings. Such voids tend to reduce the load carrying capacity of the footing/s and alter failure pattern. © 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.Item Stress Distribution in Basal Geogrid Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments Under Seismic Loads(Springer, 2021) Patel, R.M.; Jayalekshmi, B.R.; Shivashankar, R.Basal geosynthetic reinforced pile-supported embankments are proven as the more appropriate ground improvement technique for constructing embankments for roads over very soft clay deposits and approach roads or embankments to bridges. Numerous experimental and analytical works are available on the soil arching phenomenon of geosynthetic reinforced piled embankments subjected to static loading conditions. This study attempts to evaluate the stress distribution and soil arching in geosynthetic reinforced pile-supported embankments subjected to seismic excitations. Time-history analysis has been performed on the basal geogrid reinforced pile-supported embankments by varying the height of embankment and tensile modulus of geogrid. Analyses of results show that for ? (the ratio of height of embankment to pile centre to centre spacing) less than or equal to 4.5, a geogrid tensile modulus of 3000 kN/m is sufficient to withstand vertical stresses due to earthquakes. And for the considered embankment height and pile diameter when ? nearly equal to 4.5, differential settlements are very less irrespective of seismic excitations. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.Item Effect of Reinforcement Width on Dynamic response of Basal Geosynthetic-Reinforced Embankment(Springer, 2022) Patel, R.M.; Jayalekshmi, B.R.; Shivashankar, R.High compressibility and poor shear strength properties of soft clayey foundation soils are problems to be dealt with in the design and construction of embankments or roads. The inclusion of geosynthetic at the embankment base is one of the ground improvement techniques used to construct roads or embankments over soft clayey subsoils. This article aims to present the seismic behaviour of basal geosynthetic-reinforced embankments, and various parameters are analysed to identify the suitable width of basal geogrid using time-history analysis. Embankments of heights 4 to 10 m with varying side slope angles are studied. Analysis of results shows that the addition of basal geogrid not only improves the stability of the embankment under static loading conditions but also improves the seismic performance of the embankment. From the results of this study, it is found that the basal geogrid reinforcement of a total width equal to the embankment base width plus embankment height and with a high tensile modulus of 4000 kN/m is required to effectively withstand the seismic forces in seismic regions with peak ground accelerations up to 0.6 g. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.