Bearing Capacity of Foundations on Geosynthetic Reinforced Foundation BEDS on Soft Non-Homogeneous Ground

The paper presents a method of estimation of the bearing capacity of a strip footing on geosynthetic reinforced foundation bed overlying soft non-homogeneous clay, whose undrained strength increases linearly with depth. The proposed model incorporates Davis and Booker's theory for bearing capacity of foundations that considers the linear increase in undrained strength with depth of the soft ground and the contribution of granular fill coupled with the axial tension in reinforcement. Parametric studies presented quantify the improvement in bearing capacity over that by the conventional Meyerhof's approach for a homogeneous deposit.