Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A Review
Geotextiles are commercially made from synthetic fibres and have been used to enhance bearing capacity and to reduce the settlement of weak soil foundations. Several efforts have been made to investigate the possibility of using bio-based geotextiles for addressing environmental issues. This paper a...
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| author | Mohammad Gharehzadeh Shirazi Ahmad Safuan Bin A. Rashid Ramli Bin Nazir Azrin Hani Binti Abdul Rashid Hossein Moayedi Suksun Horpibulsuk Wisanukhorn Samingthong |
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| description | Geotextiles are commercially made from synthetic fibres and have been used to enhance bearing capacity and to reduce the settlement of weak soil foundations. Several efforts have been made to investigate the possibility of using bio-based geotextiles for addressing environmental issues. This paper attempts to review previous studies on the bearing capacity improvement of soils reinforced with bio-based geotextiles under a vertical static load. The bearing capacity of the unreinforced foundation was used as a reference to illustrate the role of bio-based geotextiles in bearing capacity improvement. The effects of first geotextile depth to footing width ratio (d/B), geotextile spacing to footing width ratio (S/B), geotextile length to footing width ratio (L/B) and the number of reinforcement layers (N) on the bearing capacity were reviewed and presented in this paper. The optimum d/B ratio, which resulted in the maximum ultimate bearing capacity, was found to be in the range of 0.25–0.4. The optimum S/B ratio was in the range of 0.12–0.5. The most suitable L/B ratio, which resulted in better soil performance against vertical pressure, was about 3. Besides, the optimum number of layers providing the maximum bearing capacity was about three This article is useful as a guideline for a practical design and future research on the application of the natural geotextiles to improve the short-term bearing capacity of weak soil foundations in various sustainable geotechnical applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b912b66b35c14834b9b2c7ebfdaaf7632023-11-20T01:34:50ZengMDPI AGMinerals2075-163X2020-05-0110547910.3390/min10050479Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A ReviewMohammad Gharehzadeh Shirazi0Ahmad Safuan Bin A. Rashid1Ramli Bin Nazir2Azrin Hani Binti Abdul Rashid3Hossein Moayedi4Suksun Horpibulsuk5Wisanukhorn Samingthong6School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaSchool of Civil Engineering, and Centre of Tropical Geoengineering (GEOTROPIK), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaSchool of Civil Engineering, and Centre of Tropical Geoengineering (GEOTROPIK), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaFaculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja 86400, Johor MalaysiaInstitute of Research and Development, and Faculty of Civil Engineering, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, VietnamSchool of Civil Engineering and Center of Excellence in Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, ThailandCenter of Excellence in Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, ThailandGeotextiles are commercially made from synthetic fibres and have been used to enhance bearing capacity and to reduce the settlement of weak soil foundations. Several efforts have been made to investigate the possibility of using bio-based geotextiles for addressing environmental issues. This paper attempts to review previous studies on the bearing capacity improvement of soils reinforced with bio-based geotextiles under a vertical static load. The bearing capacity of the unreinforced foundation was used as a reference to illustrate the role of bio-based geotextiles in bearing capacity improvement. The effects of first geotextile depth to footing width ratio (d/B), geotextile spacing to footing width ratio (S/B), geotextile length to footing width ratio (L/B) and the number of reinforcement layers (N) on the bearing capacity were reviewed and presented in this paper. The optimum d/B ratio, which resulted in the maximum ultimate bearing capacity, was found to be in the range of 0.25–0.4. The optimum S/B ratio was in the range of 0.12–0.5. The most suitable L/B ratio, which resulted in better soil performance against vertical pressure, was about 3. Besides, the optimum number of layers providing the maximum bearing capacity was about three This article is useful as a guideline for a practical design and future research on the application of the natural geotextiles to improve the short-term bearing capacity of weak soil foundations in various sustainable geotechnical applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/5/479ground improvementnatural geotextilebearing capacitysettlement |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Gharehzadeh Shirazi Ahmad Safuan Bin A. Rashid Ramli Bin Nazir Azrin Hani Binti Abdul Rashid Hossein Moayedi Suksun Horpibulsuk Wisanukhorn Samingthong Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A Review Minerals ground improvement natural geotextile bearing capacity settlement |
| title | Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A Review |
| title_full | Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A Review |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A Review |
| title_short | Sustainable Soil Bearing Capacity Improvement Using Natural Limited Life Geotextile Reinforcement—A Review |
| title_sort | sustainable soil bearing capacity improvement using natural limited life geotextile reinforcement a review |
| topic | ground improvement natural geotextile bearing capacity settlement |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/5/479 |
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