Enhancing the bearing capacity of rigid footing using limited life kenaf geotextile reinforcement

• Main Authors: Shirazi, Mohammad Gharehzadeh, A Rashid, Ahmad Safuan, Nazir, Ramli, Abdul Rashid, Azrin Hani, Horpibulsuk, Suksun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6378/1/AJ%202020%20%28832%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6378/; https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2020.1830330

This research focuses on soft clay improvement by using Kenaf textile as a natural geotextile reinforcement. A series of small-scale laboratory tests were conducted to study the impact of the geotextile reinforcement depth, d, the vertical spacing between reinforcement, S and the number of reinfor-...