• PALICHETTY VANDANA RAO
• G. SUDHEER KUMAR

Foundation is that part of the structure which transmits the load from the superstructure to the soil without any kind of distress in the superstructure as well as the soil. For footing placed on crest or on the face of a slope, the bearing capacity of the foundation may reduce significantly due to the improper formation of passive resistance zone towards the face of the slope. It has been observed that much work had been done for square footing resting on horizontal ground surface. In case of square footing resting on sloping ground, very limited number investigations has been recognized. It is common in hilly regions to find most of the houses resting either on the slope face or on the slope crest. Thus this study presents the results of plane strain model tests carried out on square footing placed on both reinforced and unreinforced sand slopes with a view to study the influence of geogrid reinforcement and slope angle on bearing capacity. A numerical study was carried out for slope angle of 30⁰ and with three different edge distances using PLAXIS 2D. It was observed that load-settlement behavior can be improved by inclusion of geosynthetic reinforcement under the footing. Further the bearing capacity decreases with decrease in edge distance both in reinforced and unreinforced slopes. The effectiveness of geosynthetic reinforcement in improving the bearing capacity is attributed to stiffness, location and length of reinforcement

PLAXIS 2D, Square footing, Geogrid

"ANALYSIS ON RESPONSE OF SQUARE FOOTING ON SLOPING TERRAIN USING PLAXIS 2D", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.710-717, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906543.pdf

"ANALYSIS ON RESPONSE OF SQUARE FOOTING ON SLOPING TERRAIN USING PLAXIS 2D", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp710-717, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906543.pdf