Effects of prestressing the reinforcement on the behavior of reinforced granular beds overlying weak soil
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2014
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Elsevier Ltd
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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.
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Prestressing, Reinforcement, Soils, Geogrids, Granular beds, Model tests, Number of layers, Prestressing forces, Reinforced granular bed, Strength improvements, Weak soil, Finite element method, bearing capacity, experimental study, finite element method, geosynthetics, granular medium, ground settlement, model test, soil reinforcement, soil strength, soil test, stress analysis
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Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2014, 42, 1, pp. 69-75