• Shahid Hussain Sheikh
• Er Tripti Goyal

The bearing capacity of foundations has always been a subject of major interest in soil mechanics and foundation engineering. A shallow foundation should be structurally adequate to sustain all the applied loads and transmit them safely to the ground without undue settlement. It should generally be constructed of reinforced concrete, and rest on a rock or soil stratum with adequate bearing capacity at a shallow depth from ground level. A shallow foundation should neither overload the foundations or structures of adjacent buildings or the ground supporting such foundations or structures, nor render any instability to any hillside or slope, nor interfere with any drain, nullah, sewer or other services in its vicinity. There is extensive literature dealing with this topic, from both the theoretical and experimental standpoints. Few experimental studies have been made on the evaluation of bearing capacity of shallow foundations on geogrid-reinforced sand under eccentric load. These studies relate to strip and a square foundation is yet to be done. The purpose of this thesis is to conduct few model tests in the laboratory by using square surface foundation over the reinforced sand bed. The model footing used for the model tests in the laboratory is of size 10cm x 10cm. The average relative density of soil will ranges from 65-85.

"An Experimental study on the behaviour of Shallow foundation by eccentric Loading", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.110-118, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905816.pdf

"An Experimental study on the behaviour of Shallow foundation by eccentric Loading", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp110-118, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905816.pdf