Applied bearing pressure beneath a reinforced soil foundation used in a geosynthetic reinforced soil integrated bridge system

被引:27
作者
Talebi, Majid [1 ]
Meehan, Christopher L. [1 ]
Leshchinsky, Dov [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Delaware, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, 301 DuPont Hall, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[2] ADAMA Engn, 12042 SE Sunnyside Rd,Suite 711, Clackamas, OR 97015 USA
关键词
Geosynthetics; Reinforced soil; Applied pressure; Bearing capacity; Settlement; Foundation design; Bridge abutment; CONSTRUCTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.geotexmem.2017.07.008
中图分类号
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要
Geosynthetic reinforced soil integrated bridge system (GRS-IBS) design guidelines recommend the use of a reinforced soil foundation (RSF) to support the dead loads that are applied by the reinforced soil abutment and bridge superstructure, as well as any live loads that are applied by traffic on the bridge or abutment. The RSF is composed of high-quality granular fill material that is compacted and encapsulated within a geotextile fabric. Current GRS-IBS interim implementation design guidelines recommend the use of design methodologies for bearing capacity that are based around rigid foundation behavior, which yield a trapezoidal applied pressure distribution that is converted to a uniform applied pressure that acts over a reduced footing width for purposes of analysis. Recommended methods for determining the applied pressure distribution beneath the RSF for settlement analyses follow conventional methodologies for assessing the settlement of spread footings, which typically assume uniformly applied pressures beneath the base of the foundation that are distributed to the underlying soil layers in a fashion that can reasonably be modeled with an elastic-theory approach. Field data collected from an instrumented GRS-IBS that was constructed over a fine-grained soil foundation indicates that the RSF actually behaves in a fairly flexible way under load, yielding an applied pressure distribution that is not uniform or trapezoidal, and which is significantly different than what conventional GRS-IBS design methodologies assume. This paper consequently presents an empirical approach to determining the applied pressure distribution beneath the RSF in GRS-IBS construction. This empirical approach is a useful first step for researchers, as it draws important attention to this issue, and provides a framework for collecting meaningful field data on future projects which accurately capture real GRS-IBS foundation behavior. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:580 / 591
页数:12
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