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Volume Title: ICASGE2023

DOI: ICASGE-GEO

¹Tamer AL-Shyoukhi ; ¹Ayman Altahrany; ²Mahmoud El-Meligy

¹Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt

²Geotechnical Engineering (GEO)

The Shallow foundations' behavior is enhanced by using the skirts to confine the soil beneath the foundation. The bearing capacity and the settlement of the skirted foundations resting on the sand are influenced by the size of the skirt cell. Experimental modelling was carried out on an axially 60 mm square-skirted footing resting on the loose sand in this study. Plaxis-3D software was used for the numerical analysis to support the experimental results. The numerical analysis results validated the experimental results. The outcomes of the study demonstrated that the skirts bigger than the footing size increased the bearing capacity of the skirted foundations. In the case of a skirt-width/foundation-width ratio of 5/3, the settlement reduction may well be valued at more than 77% in the case of a skirt-length/foundation-width of 0.25. The bearing capacity and the settlement of the skirted foundations with the wider skirts are estimated using the provided charts.

bearing capacity; settlement; Sand; Skirted Foundation

Geotechnical Engineering (GEO)