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A method has been proposed to obtain the pressure–settlement characteristics of rectangular footings resting on reinforced sand based on constitutive laws of soils. The confining effect of the reinforcement provided in the soil at different layers has been incorporated in the analysis by considering the equivalent stresses generated due to friction at the soil– reinforcement interface. The prerequisite of the method is the value of ultimate bearing capacity, which can be obtained from the approaches already available in literature. The value of settlement may be read directly from pressure–settlement curves for the given pressure intensity. Therefore, the rectangular footing resting on reinforced sand can be proportioned satisfying shear failure and settlement criteria.
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Kumar, A., Walia, B.S. & Saran, S. Pressure–settlement characteristics of rectangular footings on reinforced sand. Geotech Geol Eng 23, 469–481 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-004-4008-8
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