EFFECT OF SKIRT SIZE AND PILE SPACING ON BEARING CAPACITY OF SKRITED FOUNDATION IN GRANULAR SOIL
| Author(s) | : | Shankar Singh Kushwaha, Dr. N. Dindorkar |
| Institution | : | M.Tech. Student, Department of Civil Engineering,Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal-462051, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 1, Issue 7 — July 2014 |
| Page No. | : | 108-118 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
This paper presents the results of laboratory model tests on the benefit of providingconfinement to the footing on loose sand deposits using small diameter steel piles driven around thefooting is explored. The provision of piles skirt around the footing is known to be enhancing bearingcapacity and reduced the settlements. The provision of piles skirt also minimizes the practicaldifficulties of installing a continuous skirt of skirted foundation. An experimental investigation onpile confined model footing is undertaken and the response of such footing compared withunconfined footing. The effects of varying skirt size and center to center spacing of piles at constantdepth of 2b are studied. The experimental investigation revealed that the confining piles can besuccessfully used to improve the bearing capacity and reduced the settlement. The method can beeconomically used to improve the bearing capacity and reduced the excavation required for theplacing of continuous wall skirt.
Shankar Singh Kushwaha, Dr. N. Dindorkar, “EFFECT OF SKIRT SIZE AND PILE SPACING ON BEARING CAPACITY OF SKRITED FOUNDATION IN GRANULAR SOIL”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 1, Issue 7, pp. 108-118, July 2014.
