Effect of Partial Saturation on Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Skirted Foundations | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 8, Volume 40, Issue 5, May 2022, Pages 710-721 PDF (950.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.v40i5.2259 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mahmood R. Mahmood* ; Saad F. A. Al-Wakel; Muthana S. Mohammed | ||
| Civil Engineering Dept., University of Technology-Iraq, Alsina’a street, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Skirted foundations are one of the solutions proposed to increase the bearing capacity of the soil. They assist in increasing the load and depth of failure in weak ground or soils with low shear resistance and reducing the foundation settlement if a soil improvement method cannot be applied or the cost of implementing deep foundations increases. This study examined and investigated the extent of soil bearing of skirted foundations on sandy soils and studied the effect of soil saturation cases and three cases of water content reduction to measure the matric suction value of unsaturated soil. A physical model was created to simulate the strip foundation and compare these cases (dry-fully saturated-partially saturated). It was found that the soil load carrying capacity in the case of unsaturated soil is the highest, where matric suction is at a depth of 450 mm, followed by the dry case and then the saturated case as it represents the weakest state of the soil. | ||
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| Keywords | ||
| Skirt footing; skirt depth; dry; fully partially saturation; bearing capacity; Matric suction | ||
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