ABSTRACT
Experimental and theoretical investigations on the stress-strain responses of geocell-reinforced clay are very limited. In this paper, a series of conventional triaxial compression tests were conducted on the geocell-reinforced normally consolidated clay to investigate the reinforcement effects and validate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The study results show that the geocell-reinforced normally consolidated clay exhibits strain-hardening. The reinforcement effect on the clay increases with increase of the axial strain and the reduction of the confining pressure. The predicted stress-strain responses via the analytical method proposed in this study are in good agreement with those measured in the tests, showing the effectiveness of the proposed method.
