Bearing Capacity of Geosynthetic Reinforced CNS Soil Bed on Clayey Soil with Inclined Reinforcement Considering Kinematics

The conventional method of placing polymeric Reinforcement in Foundation Beds is in the form of horizontal layers to resist the applied force by mobilization of bond resistance at the interface between reinforcement and soil limited by ten-sile strength of its own. Present work analyses geosynthetic reinforcement placed inclined from the edge of the footing towards the free end at an inclination varying between 0 to 100 and calculated the bearing capacity considering the effect of kinematics, i.e., The effect of transverse resistance in addition to the axial resistance of the inclined reinforcement to-gether with shear resistance of soil bed. The variation of bearing capacity with angle of shearing resistance of soil bed, relative stiffness of soil, transverse deformation, length of reinforcement, intensity of surcharge also studied in addition to the inclination of reinforcement. The improvement in normalised bearing capacity ratio considering transverse resistance of the inclined reinforcement is significant when compared with the horizontal reinforcement.