Finite Element Simulation of Strip Footings Resting on Double Faced Wrap-Around Reinforced Soil Walls

The paper pertains to the behavior of small-scale model studies on strip footings subjected to vertical loading resting on the surface of a wrap around reinforced vertical soil walls with sand backfill. Finite element analysis (using Plaxis 2D version 8 software) of the soil wall was also made to find its response and the predicted values were then compared with experimentally observed values. Effect of the number of reinforcement layers on the overall response was studied. Comparison of the predicted horizontal displacement of the vertical wall face and bearing capacity of the footing resting on the same showed reasonable agreement with the experimental data.