Behavior of Square Footing Resting on Weak Soil Reinforced with Geotextiles

This research study aims at potential benefits of providing Geotextile as reinforcement in weak soil in order to reduce settlement and improve the bearing capacity of shallow foundation. Several tests have been conducted to study the effect of reinforcement with geotextile by varying number of reinforcement and depth of footing. However the other parameter such as top layer spacing and vertical spacing between reinforcement are fixed through referring journals. The model test tank of size 350mm x 350mm x 300mm and square footing of 10cm is used. The results indicated that increase in number of reinforcement and depth of footing increases bearing capacity. Finally, the results of model tests were compared with the analytical solution developed by the authors in previous studies; and the analytical solution gave a good predication of the experimental results of footing on geosynthetic reinforced soil.