Improving Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations on Weak Soils Utilizing Geosynthetic Reinforcing Technique

The purpose of this paper is to propose the geosynthetic soil reinforcing technique as a simple and cost-effective alternative of improving the bearing capacity of shallow foundations. It is also expected that the geosynthetic soil reinforcing technique presented herein can help prevent those buildings built on shallow foundations from excessive settlements. Over the last few decades, many pilot and full-scale tests have been conducted, and it has been confirmed that the geosynthetic soil reinforcing technique can improve the bearing capacity of shallow foundations. This paper summarizes the processes of the theoretical development, experimental work, and numerical simulation on the bearing capacities of shallow foundations built on soils reinforced utilizing the geosynthetic reinforcing technique.