Davarci, B.Ornek, M.2024-09-182024-09-182013978-1-60595-108-9https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/13067International Symposium on Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures / 26th Italian National Conference on Geosynthetics -- OCT 14-16, 2013 -- Univ Bologna, Bologna, ITALYIn this study, an experimental investigation into the ultimate bearing capacity and settlement behavior of multi-edge shallow footings supported by a sand bed with and without geogrid reinforcement is reported. The parameters investigated are the depth of reinforcement and the multi-edge footing size. A total of 36 model tests have been carried out using four different footing shapes. H, +, T and square shaped shallow footings are used in the model tests. The results of the experimental study proved that the reinforcement has a considerable effect on the ultimate bearing capacity of the multi-edge shallow footings. It was also proved that ultimate bearing capacity values can, depending on the reinforcement geogrid arrangement, be improved by up to three and a half times that of the unreinforced case.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessConference Object73822-s2.0-84960961725N/AWOS:000329350100008N/A